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+type: "Bill"
+title: "define solar energy facilities, establish certain provisions regarding solar energy permits, and revise the procedures by which the Public Utilities Commission processes facility permits."
+description: "define solar energy facilities, establish certain provisions regarding solar energy permits, and revise the procedures by which the Public Utilities Commission processes facility permits."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
+legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
+session: "2019"
+identifier: "SB 15"
+citation: "South Dakota SB 15 (2019)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Energy", "Permit", "Public Officers and Employees", "Public Utilities and Carriers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2019-01-08"
+last_action: "2019-03-29"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc51369f-2028-400b-a83b-d4ffe460dbc4"
+source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=15&Session=2019"
+source_hash: "7643775b735e912e85a2bcc8a8ee9d1c2d04b3103c73c94d0e36cfe01033a63f"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
+---
+
+# South Dakota SB 15 (2019) — define solar energy facilities, establish certain provisions regarding solar energy permits, and revise the procedures by which the Public Utilities Commission processes facility permits.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment 15cc** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd15cc.htm)
+2. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB15H.htm&Session=2019&Version=House&Bill=15)
+3. **House Commerce and Energy** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB15HCO.htm&Session=2019&Version=House Commerce and Energy&Bill=15)
+4. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB15P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=15)
+5. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB15S.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate&Bill=15)
+6. **Senate Commerce and Energy** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB15SCO.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate Commerce and Energy&Bill=15)
+7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB15ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=15)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do Pass - 2019 — **6–5** (pass) · lower
+- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **21–14** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **47–17** (pass) · lower
+- Deferred to another day - 2019 — **6–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **11–2** (pass) · lower
+- Concurred in amendments - 2019 — **22–9** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-08** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 24 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-01-15** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2019-01-17** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2019-01-17** Commerce and Energy Deferred to another day, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1.
+- **2019-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2019-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2019-02-19** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2019-02-21** Commerce and Energy Hoghoused, Passed Amendment 15ca
+- **2019-02-21** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2. `committee-passage`
+- **2019-02-21** Commerce and Energy Title amended, Passed S.J. 446 Amendment 15cta
+- **2019-02-25** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 505 Amendment 15cb
+- **2019-02-25** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 21, NAYS 14. S.J. 506 `passage`
+- **2019-02-26** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 551 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2019-03-04** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Failed, YEAS 6, NAYS 5. `committee-failure`
+- **2019-03-04** Commerce and Energy Deferred to another day, Passed
+- **2019-03-06** Scheduled for hearing
+- **2019-03-06** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 15cc `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
+- **2019-03-06** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2. H.J. 657 `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 47, NAYS 17. H.J. 693 `passage`
+- **2019-03-07** House of Representatives Title amended, Passed H.J. 694 Amendment 15yta
+- **2019-03-11** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 22, NAYS 9. S.J. 680
+- **2019-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 685
+- **2019-03-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 747
+- **2019-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2019 `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March, 19, 2019 S.J. 732 `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc51369f-2028-400b-a83b-d4ffe460dbc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).
+