---
type: "Bill"
title: "update certain references to federal laws and regulations regarding pipeline safety inspections and to increase the maximum civil penalty for certain pipeline safety violations."
description: "update certain references to federal laws and regulations regarding pipeline safety inspections and to increase the maximum civil penalty for certain pipeline safety violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 18"
citation: "South Dakota SB 18 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy Facilities", "Environmental Protection", "Public Health and Safety", "Public Officers and Employees", "Public Utilities and Carriers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 13
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8b96e59-ca61-452c-856a-416b37d50a95"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=18&Session=2019"
source_hash: "33ef9b898607665f54d38efaa7ab1ab13fc87071eccf2805077b9e1cf7bbd5d8"
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 18 (2019) — update certain references to federal laws and regulations regarding pipeline safety inspections and to increase the maximum civil penalty for certain pipeline safety violations.

## 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=SB18P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=18)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB18ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=18)

## Votes

- Do Pass - 2019 — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019SB 18, SB 45, SB 90, SB 75, SB 76, SB 77, SB 143 — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass - 2019 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2019 — **7–0** (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`
- **2019-01-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-17** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. S.J. 119 `committee-passage`
- **2019-01-22** Senate Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. `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 12, NAYS 0. H.J. 515 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-25** Placed on consent, Passed
- **2019-02-26** House of Representatives Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 69, NAYS 0. H.J. 553 `passage`
- **2019-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 556
- **2019-03-04** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 622
- **2019-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on March 05, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the Governor on March 7, 2019 S.J. 672 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8b96e59-ca61-452c-856a-416b37d50a95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).