HB1340 is the General Appropriations Act for the State of South Dakota. As appropriated by the Legislature, it provides approximately $5.9 billion in funding for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2022, and ending June 30, 2023.
The House passed HB1340 on March 10, 2022, by a vote of 59 to 10. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this spending plan for FY2023 includes $2.3 billion of mostly unconstitutional federal funds, representing nearly 40% of the entire state budget. It not only increases subsidies for Medicaid providers, but appropriates $49.6 million more in federal dollars than requested by the Governor. States should oppose the use of federal taxpayer money for purposes not authorized under Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution.