South Dakota will move a combined $101.5 million from two reserve funds—$80.9 million from the budget reserve fund and $20.6 million from the general revenue replacement fund—into the general fund to help pay for state government operations. The bill declares this transfer an emergency so it takes effect immediately rather than waiting for the normal effective date. This reduces the state's financial reserves to provide money for current spending needs.
This bill does not directly amend codified state law.
The engrossed version replaces the specific dollar amounts—$56,153,769 from the budget reserve fund and $41,874,757 from the general revenue replacement fund—with placeholder amounts of $101 each, WEAKENING the bill's immediate fiscal impact while preserving its structure for later negotiation of the actual transfer amounts.
The amendment changes this bill from a placeholder version to the final Conference Committee version by replacing token amounts of $101 with actual transfer amounts: $80,854,355 from the budget reserve fund and $20,613,269 from the general revenue replacement fund to the general fund. This shifts the bill from a procedural placeholder to an operative appropriations measure totaling over $101 million in transfers.
This amendment changed the bill from a conference committee draft to the final enrolled version by adding standard legislative certification and signature pages required for passage, with no changes to the substantive provisions transferring $80,854,355 from the budget reserve fund and $20,613,269 from the general revenue replacement fund to the general fund.
Signed by the Governor S.J. 548
Delivered to the Governor S.J. 541
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 570
Signed by the President S.J. 528
Senate Conference Committee Report adopted Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0. S.J. 525
House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 2. H.J. 559
Conference Committee Report adopted Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0.
Motion to amend Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0.
Scheduled for hearing
House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 556
Senate Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee S.J. 514
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 55, NAYS 14. H.J. 537
Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0.
Committee on Appropriations Motion to amend
Committee on Appropriations Scheduled for hearing
First read in House and referred to House Committee on Appropriations H.J. 445
Senate Do Pass Passed, YEAS 26, NAYS 7. S.J. 374
Committee on Appropriations Do Pass Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 3.
Committee on Appropriations Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations S.J. 11
Motion to amend
Conference Committee Report adopted
Conference Committee Report adopted
Conference Committee Report adopted
Do Pass Amended
Committee on Appropriations — Do Pass Amended
Do Pass
Committee on Appropriations — Do Pass