---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise certain provisions regarding telephone and telegraph corporations."
description: "revise certain provisions regarding telephone and telegraph corporations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1213"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1213 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Corporations", "Public Utilities and Carriers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ahlers", "Bartling", "Bordeaux", "Curd", "Duvall", "Frerichs", "Gosch", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Heinert", "Kennedy", "Killer", "Lesmeister", "Maher", "Monroe", "Nesiba", "Peters", "Rounds", "Schaefer", "Stalzer", "Sutton", "Turbiville", "Willadsen", "Youngberg", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fbc8fc4e-4d22-42b0-859c-ac55869c70fd"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1213&Session=2018"
source_hash: "5889991d2625f2b4166581f645b7fee5b9863b802bb6086be5d4fd6260a14b4e"
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 HB 1213 (2018) — revise certain provisions regarding telephone and telegraph corporations.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1213P.htm&Session=2018&Version=Printed&Bill=1213)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1213ENR.htm&Session=2018&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1213)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2018 — **12–1** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **66–2** (pass) · legislature
- Do Pass - 2018 — **7–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ahlers — primary (person)
- Bartling — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Curd — primary (person)
- Duvall — primary (person)
- Frerichs — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Kennedy — primary (person)
- Killer — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Monroe — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Peters — primary (person)
- Rounds — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Sutton — primary (person)
- Turbiville — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)
- Youngberg — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-25** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 201 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-02** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1. H.J. 308 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-05** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 66, NAYS 2. H.J. 346 `passage`
- **2018-02-06** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 389 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2018-02-22** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 544 `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2018-02-23** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 583 `passage`
- **2018-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 611
- **2018-02-27** Signed by the President S.J. 623
- **2018-02-28** Delivered to the Governor on February 28, 2018 H.J. 644 `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-06** Signed by the Governor on March 5, 2018 H.J. 696 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fbc8fc4e-4d22-42b0-859c-ac55869c70fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).