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South Dakota · 2026 Regular Session · Bill

SB 231: create the water infrastructure development fund, to provide an appropriation, to provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the fund for certain rural water projects and to declare an emergency.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 231 is a bill introduced in the South Dakota Senate on February 4, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: create the water infrastructure development fund, to provide an appropriation, to provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the fund for certain rural water projects and to declare an emergency. Primary sponsor: Will Mortenson (Republican), Randy Deibert (Republican), Helene Duhamel (Republican), Steve Duffy (Republican), Amber Hulse (Republican), Carl Perry (Republican), Kent Roe (Republican), Brandon Wipf (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 30, 2026): Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 S.J. 550.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Will MortensonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse24
Randy DeibertPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Helene DuhamelPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Steve DuffyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse32
Amber HulsePrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate30
Carl PerryPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate3
Kent RoePrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse4
Brandon WipfPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate22

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 S.J. 550
  2. Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-09 S.J. 488
  3. Signed by the Speaker H.J. 530
  4. Signed by the President S.J. 470
  5. House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 7 H.J. 488
  6. Committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1 H.J. 477
  7. First Reading House H.J. 469
  8. Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 2 S.J. 414
  9. Committee on Appropriations Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 3 J.J. 29
  10. Scheduled for hearing J.J. 1
  11. Referred to , Passed, Joint Committee on Appropriations YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 15
  12. Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source