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make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency.

HB1026 provides state funding to cover the costs of fighting wildfires in South Dakota and declares a state emergency to expedite the use of those funds. The bill allows the state to quickly mobilize resources and money to suppress active wildfires without going through normal budget approval processes.

require consent from property owners prior to a pipeline condemnation proceeding.

HB1202 requires pipeline companies to obtain written consent from property owners before they can use the court system to condemn (seize) private land for pipeline construction. Currently, pipeline companies can proceed directly to condemnation court without first getting the owner's permission; this bill adds a consent requirement to the petition they must file. The bill does not change pipeline companies' ability to condemn school and public lands, which remain limited to a 10-foot width.

require restitution for landowners following an unauthorized entry to hunt, fish, or trap.

This bill requires courts to order people convicted of unauthorized hunting, fishing, or trapping on private land to pay money to the landowner as restitution—$250 for basic violations and $500 for knowingly entering someone else's property for these purposes. The bill also clarifies penalties including mandatory license revocation for one year (or two years for repeat offenses within ten years) and fines of up to $500 for intentional trespassing to hunt or fish.

revise the fee for a utility to cross a railroad right-of-way.

This bill increases the one-time fee that utilities must pay railroads to cross railroad property from $750 to $1,400 per crossing. The fee covers all standard costs associated with the crossing, though utilities still have to pay additional flagging expenses if needed based on railroad traffic. The bill also clarifies that no crossing fee is required if the crossing is within a public right-of-way, unless the railroad existed there before the public right-of-way was established.