Committee on Appropriations

appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.

revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2024.

expand eligibility for the reduced tuition benefit for certain school district and Head Start employees at Board of Regents institutions to school counselors.

repeal the expiration of a reduction in certain gross receipts and use tax rates.

make an appropriation to provide for the development of South Dakota.

allow eligible members of the South Dakota National Guard attending an in-state private, nonprofit post-secondary institution to receive the state tuition benefit.

revise the incentive program for juvenile diversion opportunities.

increase the annual limit of tax credits that an insurance company may claim through the partners in education tax credit program.

revise unclaimed property provisions.

amend the criteria for designation as a regional nursing facility and applicable reimbursement.

provide for the payment of legal expenses originating from crime committed at a facility maintained by the Department of Corrections.

revise certain provisions related to travel reimbursement.

create the Dr. Nicholas W. Drummond Center for Civic Engagement at Black Hills State University.

provide free birth certificates to persons experiencing homelessness.

waive certain fees for nondriver identification cards for individuals who are homeless.

make an appropriation for the teacher apprenticeship pathway program.

repeal the Midwestern Regional Higher Education Compact.

reimburse school districts for costs incurred in providing reduced price meals to students.

create the Commission on Indigent Legal Services and Office of Indigent Legal Services, to make an appropriation for reimbursing county indigent legal services, and to declare an emergency.

repeal the session law authorizing the Board of Regents to contract for the design and construction of a new dairy research and extension farm on the campus of South Dakota State University, and to declare an emergency.

make an appropriation to enhance the economic health of South Dakota.

make an appropriation for the economic development of South Dakota.

authorize the Board of Regents to accept and use easement proceeds for the purposes authorized by the 2022 Session Laws, chapter 198.

keep interest earned on incarceration construction fund moneys in the same fund.