---
type: "Bill"
title: "make an appropriation for the design and construction of an athletic facility at the University of South Dakota and to declare an emergency."
description: "make an appropriation for the design and construction of an athletic facility at the University of South Dakota and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1137"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1137 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriation", "Athletics", "Emergency Clause", "Higher Education", "Public Construction", "Uncodified Acts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crabtree", "Deibert", "Emery", "Heermann", "Kassin", "Mortenson", "Muckey", "Reed", "Roby"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 11
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-26"
last_action: "2026-02-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a92ad77f-005f-4077-b247-fb5469af9849"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26870"
source_hash: "820385b570a775da269e278ecb08e7ce07e3dd6fe0eb421e2673bd1d61701eea"
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 1137 (2026) — make an appropriation for the design and construction of an athletic facility at the University of South Dakota 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/26870/297329)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26870/303261)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **61–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **18–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Kassin — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-26** First Reading House H.J. 135
- **2026-01-27** Referred to Joint Committee on Appropriations H.J. 150 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
- **2026-02-09** Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 18, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-10** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 5 H.J. 284 `passage`
- **2026-02-11** First read in Senate and referral to committee waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 S.J. 248 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2026-02-12** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 264 `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 343 `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Signed by the President S.J. 298 `passage`
- **2026-02-19** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-02-19 H.J. 364 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-02-25** Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-25 H.J. 438 `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/a92ad77f-005f-4077-b247-fb5469af9849`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).