make an appropriation for grants to support the purchase of personal protective equipment by volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency.

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make an appropriation for grants to support the purchase of personal protective equipment by volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency.

make an appropriation for grants to support the purchase of personal protective equipment by volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency.

What This Bill Does

• make an appropriation for grants to support the purchase of personal protective equipment by volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency.
• Official keyword topics: Appropriation Emergency Clause Firefighters Grants Uncodified Acts Official sponsor note: Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4769/Detail">Jensen (Kevin)</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4777/Detail">Kolbeck (Steve)</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4787/Detail">Mehlhaff</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4794/Detail">Nelson</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4800/Detail">Perry</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4803/Detail">Pischke</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4828/Detail">Voight</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4837/Detail">Wipf</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4835/Detail">Zikmund</a> and Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4749/Detail">Emery</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4785/Detail">Massie</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4791/Detail">Muckey</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4820/Detail">Sjaarda</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4834/Detail">Wittman</a>

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Official Summary Text

make an appropriation for grants to support the purchase of personal protective equipment by volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency.
Official keyword topics:
Appropriation
Emergency Clause
Firefighters
Grants
Uncodified Acts
Official sponsor note: Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4769/Detail">Jensen (Kevin)</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4777/Detail">Kolbeck (Steve)</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4787/Detail">Mehlhaff</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4794/Detail">Nelson</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4800/Detail">Perry</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4803/Detail">Pischke</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4828/Detail">Voight</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4837/Detail">Wipf</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4835/Detail">Zikmund</a> and Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4749/Detail">Emery</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4785/Detail">Massie</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4791/Detail">Muckey</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4820/Detail">Sjaarda</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4834/Detail">Wittman</a>

Current Bill Text

26.787.18 101st Legislative Session 136

2026 South Dakota Legislature
Senate Bill 136
ENROLLED

AN ACT

ENTITLED An Act to make an appropriation for grants to support the purchase of
personal protective equipment by volunteer fire departments and to declare
an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. There is appropriated from the general fund $5,000,000 to the Department of
Public Safety, for the purpose of providing grants for the purchase of personal protective
equipment worn or used by firefighters in the performance of their duties with fire
departments in this state that have at least seventy percent of their firefighters serving in a
volunteer status.
Section 2. The Department of Public Safety shall consider completed applications
chronologically, and shall prioritize grants to those departments indicating the greatest need
for equipment to support the safety and well-being of the firefighters.
Section 3. The secretary of the Department of Public Safety shall approve vouchers and the
state auditor shall draw warrants to pay expenditures authorized by this Act.
Section 4. Any amounts appropriated in this Act not lawfully expended or obligated by June
30, 2030, shall revert in accordance with the procedures prescribed in chapter 4-8.
Section 5. Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its
existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in
full force and effect from and after its passage and approval.
26.787.18 2 136
SB136 ENROLLED
An Act to make an appropriation for grants to support the purchase of personal protective
equipment by volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency.

I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:

Senate as Bill No. 136

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. 136
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