South Dakota legislation · 101st Legislature (2026)
South Dakota SB240: make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency.
Status: Signed into law, March 12, 2026
What the bill says
An Act ENTITLED An Act to make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency.
From the enrolled text, March 4, 2026:
An Act ENTITLED An Act to make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota: Section 1. That § 31-34-2 be AMENDED: 31-34-2. Before August 1, 2021, the Department of Revenue shall distribute the sum of three million dollars on a pro rata basis to each county for the purpose of planning and completing an inventory of small structures as prescribed by the Department of Transportation. For any moneys appropriated for county rural access infrastructure, the Department of Revenue shall deposit a portion of the sum into a rural access infrastructure fund for each county based on the allocation calculated in accordance with this section for the purposes described in § 31-34-3. Each county's allocated percentage is calculated by using the total number of small structures on township roads and county secondary roads located in a county divided by the sum of all small structures on township roads and county secondary roads in the state as reported to the Department of Transportation, multiplied by one hundred. Each county that receives moneys from this rural access infrastructure program shall use the moneys in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. Section 2. There is appropriated $5,000,000 from the general fund, to the Department of Revenue, …
Sponsors
- Sydney Davis (R, 17) · primary sponsor
- Tim Walburg (R, HD-008) · primary sponsor
- Jessica Bahmuller (R, HD-019)
- Randy Deibert (R, SD-031)
- Eric Emery (D, HD-026)
- Drew Peterson (R, HD-019)
- Tom Pischke (R, 25)
- John Shubeck (R, HD-016)
- Glen Vilhauer (R, SD-005)
- Brandon Wipf (R, SD-022)
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor
- : Delivered to the Governor
- : Signed by the Speaker
- : Signed by the President
- : Do Pass Amended
- : Committee referral waived pursuant to JR 6D-1
- : First Reading House
- : Do Pass Amended
- : Motion to amend
- : Do Pass
Votes
- Do Pass Amended (March 3, 2026): 64 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Do Pass Amended (February 26, 2026): 31 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Pass (February 24, 2026): 17 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Referred to (February 18, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Highways and Bridges, Fund, Appropriation, Counties, Townships, Emergency Clause
Common questions
- What is SB240?
- SB240 is a bill in the South Dakota Legislature (101st Legislature (2026)): make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency.
- What does SB240 do?
- In its own words: An Act ENTITLED An Act to make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency.
- What is the status of SB240?
- Signed into law as of March 12, 2026. Latest action: Signed by the Governor (March 12, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB240?
- Sydney Davis (R, 17), with 9 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for SB240?
- On the South Dakota Legislature website: https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27224
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