---
type: "Bill"
title: "increase the maximum amount allowable for the livestock ownership inspection fee and to declare an emergency."
description: "increase the maximum amount allowable for the livestock ownership inspection fee and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1020"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1020 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Animals and Livestock", "Emergency Clause", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Fees", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-02-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2f20402-d538-4f92-9488-1a85a2012904"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26718"
source_hash: "b1fbc29a4da48207bb9584fe8ba4f54f341150ef00c29cd8e875b517cb04671a"
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 1020 (2026) — increase the maximum amount allowable for the livestock ownership inspection fee and to declare an emergency.

## 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/26718/291588)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26718/303668)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **9–2** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **26–7** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **49–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Agriculture and Natural Resources — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in House and referred to House Agriculture and Natural Resources H.J. 11 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2026-01-22** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 2 H.J. 5 `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-23** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 128
- **2026-01-26** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 49, NAYS 18 H.J. 140 `passage`
- **2026-01-27** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 121 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-02-10** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 S.J. 13 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-11** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 250
- **2026-02-17** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 26, NAYS 7 S.J. 284 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 362 `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Signed by the President S.J. 316 `passage`
- **2026-02-20** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-20 H.J. 376 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-23** Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-23 H.J. 400 `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/f2f20402-d538-4f92-9488-1a85a2012904`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).