republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2018/sb-91.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for the design, construction, and equipping of a state veterans cemetery in Minnehaha County, to create a veterans cemetery fund, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
description: "authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for the design, construction, and equipping of a state veterans cemetery in Minnehaha County, to create a veterans cemetery fund, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 91"
citation: "South Dakota SB 91 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Appropriations", "Emergency Clause", "State Affairs and Government", "Veterans Affairs"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson", "Ahlers", "Bartels", "Barthel", "Bartling", "Beal", "Bolin", "Bordeaux", "Brunner", "Cammack", "Campbell", "Carson", "Chase", "Clark", "Conzet", "Cronin", "Curd", "Dennert", "DiSanto", "Diedrich", "Duvall", "Ewing", "Frerichs", "Frye-Mueller", "Glanzer", "Goodwin", "Gosch", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Haugaard", "Haverly", "Hawley", "Heinemann", "Heinert", "Holmes", "Howard", "Hunhoff", "Jamison", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Jensen (Phil)", "Johns", "Johnson", "Kaiser", "Karr", "Kennedy", "Kettwig", "Killer", "Klumb", "Kolbeck", "Lake", "Langer", "Latterell", "Lesmeister", "Livermont", "Lust", "Maher", "Marty", "May", "McCleerey", "McPherson", "Mickelson", "Mills", "Monroe", "Nelson", "Nesiba", "Netherton", "Novstrup", "Otten (Ernie)", "Otten (Herman)", "Partridge", "Peters", "Peterson (Kent)", "Peterson (Sue)", "Pischke", "Qualm", "Rasmussen", "Reed", "Rhoden", "Ring", "Rounds", "Rozum", "Rusch", "Russell", "Schaefer", "Schoenfish", "Smith", "Soholt", "Solano", "Stalzer", "Steinhauer", "Stevens", "Sutton", "Tapio", "Tidemann", "Tulson", "Turbiville", "White", "Wiese", "Wiik", "Willadsen", "Wismer", "York", "Youngberg", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-19"
last_action: "2018-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1ecd0490-fff7-4059-a005-2b6b4f7da42e"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=91&Session=2018"
source_hash: "698257fe33f6041b25b629d3e9d01bc0681f66c052eff681c7c9aa49b902389d"
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 SB 91 (2018) — authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide for the design, construction, and equipping of a state veterans cemetery in Minnehaha County, to create a veterans cemetery fund, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB91H.htm&Session=2018&Version=House&Bill=91)
2. **Joint Appropriations** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB91JAP.htm&Session=2018&Version=Joint Appropriations&Bill=91)
3. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB91P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=91)
4. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB91S.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate&Bill=91)
5. **Senate Military and Veterans Affairs** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB91SMV.htm&Session=2018&Version=Senate Military and Veterans Affairs&Bill=91)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB91ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=91)

## Votes

- Referred as Amended to - 2018 — **5–0** (pass) · legislature
- Motion to amend - 2018 — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **64–0** (pass) · legislature
- Concurred in amendments - 2018 — **34–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **17–0** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass Amended - 2018 — **35–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)
- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Barthel — primary (person)
- Bartling — primary (person)
- Beal — primary (person)
- Bolin — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Brunner — primary (person)
- Cammack — primary (person)
- Campbell — primary (person)
- Carson — primary (person)
- Chase — primary (person)
- Clark — primary (person)
- Conzet — primary (person)
- Cronin — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Dennert — primary (person)
- DiSanto — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Ewing — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Glanzer — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Haugaard — primary (person)
- Haverly — primary (person)
- Hawley — primary (person)
- Heinemann — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Holmes — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Jamison — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Johns — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kaiser — primary (person)
- Karr — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Kettwig — primary (person)
- Killer — primary (person)
- Klumb — primary (person)
- Kolbeck — primary (person)
- Lake — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Latterell — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Livermont — primary (person)
- Lust — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Marty — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- McCleerey — primary (person)
- McPherson — primary (person)
- Mickelson — primary (person)
- Mills — primary (person)
- Monroe — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Netherton — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Partridge — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Peterson (Kent) — primary (person)
- Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)
- Rasmussen — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Rhoden — primary (person)
- Ring — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Rozum — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Russell — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)
- Schoenfish — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Soholt — primary (person)
- Solano — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Steinhauer — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Sutton — primary (person)
- Tapio — primary (person)
- Tidemann — primary (person)
- Tulson — primary (person)
- Turbiville — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Wiese — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)
- Wismer — primary (person)
- York — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-19** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Military and Veterans Affairs S.J. 156 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-01-31** Military and Veterans Affairs Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 91ca `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-01-31** Military and Veterans Affairs Referred as Amended to Joint Committee on Appropriations, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0. S.J. 315
- **2018-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-15** Joint Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 91ba `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2018-02-15** Deferred by Chair
- **2018-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-26** Joint Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend, Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 0. Amendment 91bc
- **2018-02-26** Joint Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-26** Joint Committee on Appropriations Title amended, Passed S.J. 592 Amendment 91bta
- **2018-02-28** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0. S.J. 641 `passage`
- **2018-02-28** Senate Title amended, Passed S.J. 641 Amendment 91ctb
- **2018-03-01** First read in House and committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 667 `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-05** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 687 Amendment 91bd
- **2018-03-05** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0. H.J. 687 `passage`
- **2018-03-07** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 739
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 759
- **2018-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 760
- **2018-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on March 09, 2018 S.J. 776 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-26** Signed by the Governor on March 23, 2018 S.J. 793 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1ecd0490-fff7-4059-a005-2b6b4f7da42e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).