---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish certain provisions regarding financial security for the decommissioning of wind turbines."
description: "establish certain provisions regarding financial security for the decommissioning of wind turbines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 16"
citation: "South Dakota SB 16 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Public Utilities and Carriers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9752278-31a7-431a-a5f9-91a5f8c8db6c"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=16&Session=2019"
source_hash: "96eed61b0398b9531bb271594bb521f74473f2c871ff578d360ecc00656b6400"
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 16 (2019) — establish certain provisions regarding financial security for the decommissioning of wind turbines.

## Version chain

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

1. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB16H.htm&Session=2019&Version=House&Bill=16)
2. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB16P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=16)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB16ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=16)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **48–15** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **11–2** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments - 2019 — **31–3** (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
- **2019-01-15** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1. S.J. 96 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-16** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 108
- **2019-01-17** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 121
- **2019-01-22** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 4. S.J. 144 `passage`
- **2019-01-23** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 160 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-25** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2. H.J. 515 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-26** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 557
- **2019-02-27** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 571
- **2019-02-28** House of Representatives Motion to amend, Passed H.J. 590 Amendment 16ca
- **2019-02-28** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 591
- **2019-03-04** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 48, NAYS 15. H.J. 608 `passage`
- **2019-03-06** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 3. S.J. 631
- **2019-03-07** Signed by the President S.J. 647
- **2019-03-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 701
- **2019-03-11** Delivered to the Governor on March 11, 2019 S.J. 672 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March 20, 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/d9752278-31a7-431a-a5f9-91a5f8c8db6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).