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.
26.538.16 26.538.17 101st Legislative Session 74 2026 South Dakota Legislature Senate Bill 74 HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS ENGROSSED Introduced by: The Chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations at the request of the Bureau of Finance and Management Underscores indicate new language. Overstrikes indicate deleted language. An Act to transfer moneys to the general fund from the budget reserve fund and the 1 general revenue replacement fund, and to declare an emergency. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3 Section 1. The state treasurer shall transfer $56,153,769 $101 from the budget reserve fund to 4 the general 4 fund. 5 Section 2. The state treasurer shall transfer $41,874,757 $101 from the general revenue replacement 6 replacement fund to the general fund. 7 Section 3. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its 8 existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in 9 full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. 10
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.
26.538.17 26.538.18 101st Legislative Session 74 2026 South Dakota Legislature Senate Bill 74 HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ENGROSSED Introduced by: The Chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations at the request of the Bureau of Finance and Management Underscores indicate new language. Overstrikes indicate deleted language. An Act to transfer moneys to the general fund from the budget reserve fund and the 1 general revenue replacement fund, and to declare an emergency. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3 Section 1. The state treasurer shall transfer $101 $80,854,355 from the budget reserve fund to 4 the general 4 fund. 5 Section 2. The state treasurer shall transfer $101 $20,613,269 from the general revenue 6 replacement 6 fund to the general fund. 7 Section 3. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its 8 existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in 9 full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. 10
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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.
26.538.18 26.538.19 101st Legislative Session 74 2026 South Dakota Legislature Senate Bill 74 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ENGROSSED Introduced by: The Chair of the Senate Committee on Appropriations at the request of the Bureau of Finance and Management Underscores indicate new language. Overstrikes indicate deleted language. ENROLLED AN ACT ENTITLED An Act to transfer moneys to the general fund from the budget reserve fund and the 1 general revenue replacement fund, and to declare an emergency. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3 Section 1. The state treasurer shall transfer $80,854,355 from the budget reserve fund to 4 the general fund. 5 Section 2. The state treasurer shall transfer $20,613,269 from the general revenue 6 replacement fund to the general fund. 7 Section 3. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its 8 existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in 9 full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. 10 26.538.19 2 74 SB74 ENROLLED An Act to transfer moneys to the general fund from the budget reserve fund and the general revenue replacement fund, and to declare an emergency. I certify that the attached Act originated in the: Senate as Bill No. 74 Secretary of the Senate President of the Senate Attest: Secretary of the Senate Speaker of the House Attest: Chief Clerk of the House Senate Bill No. 74 File No. ____ Chapter No. ______ Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________, 2026 at ____________M. By for the Governor The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________, A.D., 2026 Governor STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, ss. Office of the Secretary of State Filed ____________, 2026 at _________ o'clock __M. Secretary of State By Asst. Secretary of State