In order to keep the negotiation process moving along, the South Dakota Legislature’s Joint Committee on Appropriations approved a number of budget bills (Feb. 27, 2025).
The committee amended SB 95, reducing the funding for rural infrastructure from $25 million to $100.
Lawmakers trimmed SB 132, which had started as $30 million for airport terminal improvements and expansion, to $100.
HB 1041 ends the State Library Board, but keeps essential library services in place. The new plan keeps eight full-time employees and about $1.3 million in general funds. That allows the state Department of Education to support 17 full-time positions and keep $1.4 million in federal funding. Online databases, digital reference services, children’s programming support, braille and talking books, and interlibrary loans are some of the services that will remain available. The bill passed 16-2.
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