republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2020/hb-1296.md

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Bill	revise the authority of the Governor in times of a disaster, act of terrorism, or emergency and to declare an emergency.	revise the authority of the Governor in times of a disaster, act of terrorism, or emergency and to declare an emergency.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2020	HB 1296	South Dakota HB 1296 (2020)	bill	Emergency Clause Executive/Judiciary Request Public Health and Safety Sunset Clause	enacted	Greenfield (Brock) Heinert Langer Qualm Smith (Jamie)	3	9	4	2020-03-30	2020-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/a917b738-92d2-4878-bcc5-efdbee013301	https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1296&Session=2020	4d0e57106d3724f81ec2e9db0bf232017ff3e3ca0d40e2029505078b12155e43	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota HB 1296 (2020) — revise the authority of the Governor in times of a disaster, act of terrorism, or emergency 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
2. House (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass Amended - 2020 — 62–4 (pass) · lower
• Motion to amend - 2020 — 55–11 (pass) · lower
• Motion to amend - 2020 — 49–18 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended - 2020 — 26–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
• Heinert — primary (person)
• Langer — primary (person)
• Qualm — primary (person)
• Smith (Jamie) — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-03-30 First Reading House H.J. 633
• 2020-03-30 House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed, YEAS 55, NAYS 11. H.J. 638 Amendment 1296G
• 2020-03-30 House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed, YEAS 49, NAYS 18. H.J. 640 Amendment 1296F
• 2020-03-30 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 62, NAYS 4. H.J. 640 passage
• 2020-03-30 Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 26, NAYS 9. S.J. 570 passage
• 2020-03-30 Signed by the President S.J. 573
• 2020-03-30 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 659
• 2020-03-30 Delivered to the Governor on March 31, 2020 H.J. 660 executive-receipt
• 2020-03-31 Signed by the Governor on March 31, 2020 executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a917b738-92d2-4878-bcc5-efdbee013301. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).