SB210 is the General Appropriations Act for the state budget of South Dakota. It appropriates $7.4 billion for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024.
The Senate passed SB210 on March 3, 2023, by a vote of 29 to 3. We have assigned pluses to the nays because this bill is comprised of profligate amounts of illegitimate taxation and spending, not only keeping South Dakota dependent on $3.5 billion of mostly unconstitutional federal funds, but providing significant increases in state aid to K-12 education and healthcare providers. Fiscal responsibility requires opposing the use of federal taxpayer money for purposes not authorized under Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution, while at the same time rejecting the notion that South Dakotans should be forced to furnish their hard-earned state tax dollars for public education or healthcare—neither of which is the proper role of limited government.