South Dakota SJR501: Providing legislative approval for a future use water permit application by the Western Dakota Regional Water System.

What the bill says

An Act A JOINT RESOLUTION, Providing legislative approval for a future use water permit application by the Western Dakota Regional Water System.

From the enrolled text:

An Act A JOINT RESOLUTION, Providing legislative approval for a future use water permit application by the Western Dakota Regional Water System. Be it resolved by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota: WHEREAS, pursuant to § 46-5-20.1, any application for an appropriation of water, in excess of ten thousand acre-feet annually, must be presented by the Water Management Board to the Legislature for approval, prior to action by the board; and WHEREAS, pursuant to § 46-5-20.1, the Western Dakota Regional Water System submitted a future use water permit application numbered 2881-2 to the chief engineer of the water rights program within the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, seeking to have annually appropriated and reserved twenty thousand seven hundred and sixty-five acre-feet of unappropriated water from the Missouri River for the purpose of providing future water supplies to the Western Dakota Regional Water System counties of Bennett, Butte, Custer, Fall River, Gregory, Haakon, Harding, Hughes, Jackson, Jones, Lawrence, Lyman, Meade, Mellette, Oglala Lakota, Pennington, Perkins, Stanley, Todd, and Tripp; and WHEREAS, the chief engineer, pursuant to § 46-2A-2, considered the permit application and recommended approval, with qualifications, because there is a reasonable probability that unappropriated water is available for the proposed use, the quantity of water sought to be reserved will be needed by the Western Dakota Regional …

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Sponsors

• Helene Duhamel (R, SD-032) · primary sponsor
• Drew Peterson (R, HD-019) · primary sponsor
• Casey Crabtree (R, SD-008)
• Randy Deibert (R, SD-031)
• Mike Derby (R, HD-034)
• Steve Duffy (R, HD-032)
• Mary Fitzgerald (R, HD-031)
• Timothy Goodwin (R, HD-030)
• Taffy Howard (R, SD-034)
• Kevin Jensen (R, SD-016)
• David Kull (R, HD-002)
• Trish Ladner (R, HD-030)

Votes

• Do Pass (March 5, 2025): 43 yea, 27 nay, passed
• Do Pass (March 4, 2025): 11 yea, 2 nay, passed
• Do Pass (January 22, 2025): 31 yea, 4 nay, passed
• Do Pass (January 21, 2025): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed

Common questions

What is SJR501?

SJR501 is a bill in the South Dakota Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Providing legislative approval for a future use water permit application by the Western Dakota Regional Water System.

What does SJR501 do?

In its own words: An Act A JOINT RESOLUTION, Providing legislative approval for a future use water permit application by the Western Dakota Regional Water System.

What is the status of SJR501?

Passed both chambers as of March 10, 2025.

Who sponsored SJR501?

Helene Duhamel (R, SD-032), with 11 co-sponsors.

Where is the official record for SJR501?

On the South Dakota Legislature website: https://sdlegislature.gov/#/Session/Bill/25524