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 reduces the specific transfer amounts from the budget reserve fund and general revenue replacement fund to $101 each (placeholder figures), rather than the introduced version's $56.2 million and $41.9 million transfers. This change weakens the bill's immediate fiscal impact, suggesting the final dollar amounts are still being negotiated while maintaining the bill's emergency declaration framework.
The amendment replaces placeholder amounts with actual transfer figures: $80,854,355 from the budget reserve fund and $20,613,269 from the general revenue replacement fund to the general fund, and changes the bill's status from House Appropriations to Conference Committee, indicating the final negotiated version is now being enacted.
This change converts the bill from its conference committee engrossed version to its final enrolled version, adding signature blocks and certification pages required for the Governor's approval while preserving the substantive policy of transferring $80,854,355 from the budget reserve fund and $20,613,269 from the general revenue replacement fund to the general fund. The amendment makes no changes to the bill's actual purpose or impact.
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