---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the cooperation of counties for purposes of operating an office of county director of equalization."
description: "authorize the cooperation of counties for purposes of operating an office of county director of equalization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1194"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1194 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property Tax", "Taxation"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crabtree", "Deibert", "Duhamel", "Fitzgerald", "Mehlhaff", "Perry", "Peterson (Drew)", "Reed", "Reisch", "Roby", "Roe", "Walburg", "Weisgram"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-30"
last_action: "2025-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa8254da-0621-4eb7-aa88-b370818fc4ae"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26031"
source_hash: "c210766e7193dfdcac05005c4cdfe53bf2ef3914e65b1ffdd59d1eb2516f6746"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
---

# South Dakota HB 1194 (2025) — authorize the cooperation of counties for purposes of operating an office of county director of equalization.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26031/279270)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26031/283445)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **57–13** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **11–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Peterson (Drew) — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Roe — primary (person)
- Walburg — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2025-01-30** First Reading House H.J. 154
- **2025-02-03** Referred to H.J. 171 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-13** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-13** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-18** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 13 H.J. 310 `passage`
- **2025-02-19** First Reading Senate S.J. 296
- **2025-02-20** Referred to S.J. 321 `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2025-02-26** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-26** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2025-02-27** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 406 `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 443 `passage`
- **2025-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 443 `passage`
- **2025-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on 2025-03-05 H.J. 458 `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-13 H.J. 542 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa8254da-0621-4eb7-aa88-b370818fc4ae`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).