South Dakota legislation · 100th Legislature (2025)
South Dakota SB202: create the water infrastructure development fund.
Status: Failed, March 4, 2025
What the bill says
An Act to create the water infrastructure development fund.
From the introduced text:
An Act to create the water infrastructure development fund. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota: Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 46A-1: [ADDED: There is hereby created the water infrastructure development fund. This fund shall consist of moneys from legislative appropriations, federal grants for projects on the Bureau of Reclamation rural water projects list, interest on investments, and principal and interest on loans made from the fund. Expenditures from the fund must be by special appropriation of the Legislature and must be used for the construction, planning, and development of water projects that are listed in 2025 or thereafter on the bureau of reclamation rural water projects list or which have received congressional authorization.] [ADDED: In administrating the water infrastructure development fund, the Board of Water and Natural Resources may award to a project a grant that is equal to no more than ten percent of the construction cost, as estimated by the board. The board may also provide a loan to the project, provided the loan does not exceed fifty percent of the construction cost, as estimated by the board. Any loan provided by this section must be secured by the best security position available. A pledge of assets owned by the entity receiving a loan and project revenues …
Sponsors
- Helene Duhamel (R, SD-032) · primary sponsor
- Steve Duffy (R, HD-032)
- Mary Fitzgerald (R, HD-031)
- Carl Perry (R, 03)
- Kent Roe (R, HD-004)
- Nicole Uhre-Balk (D, HD-032)
- Mike Weisgram (R, HD-024)
- Kadyn Wittman (D, HD-015)
Latest actions
- : Deferred to the 41st legislative day
- : Do Pass
- : Scheduled for hearing
- : Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources
- : First Reading House
- : Do Pass
- : Do Pass
- : Scheduled for hearing
- : Referred to Agriculture and Natural Resources
- : First Reading Senate
Votes
- Do Pass (March 4, 2025): 4 yea, 9 nay, failed
- Deferred to the 41st legislative day (March 4, 2025): 10 yea, 3 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 21, 2025): 21 yea, 12 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 20, 2025): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Grants, Fund, Promulgation of Rules, Water Management
Common questions
- What is SB202?
- SB202 is a bill in the South Dakota Legislature (100th Legislature (2025)): create the water infrastructure development fund.
- What does SB202 do?
- In its own words: An Act to create the water infrastructure development fund.
- What is the status of SB202?
- Failed as of March 4, 2025. Latest action: Deferred to the 41st legislative day (March 4, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB202?
- Helene Duhamel (R, SD-032), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB202?
- On the South Dakota Legislature website: https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26115
Source: official South Dakota record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.