---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify requirements regarding the installation and inspection of certain electrical wiring."
description: "modify requirements regarding the installation and inspection of certain electrical wiring."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1070"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1070 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Electrical Wiring", "Fees", "Professions and Occupations", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beal", "Goodwin", "Gosch", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Langer", "Mills", "Otten (Ernie)", "Otten (Herman)", "Randolph", "Stalzer", "Wiik", "Willadsen"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2020-01-21"
last_action: "2020-03-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e9bb9b1-b492-49c8-8308-904fbd04e825"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1070&Session=2020"
source_hash: "8ffdfc40ea1af77d908e0e16ffbc610dfd0bc8dc8fc54b935d9ee12265059f2f"
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 1070 (2020) — modify requirements regarding the installation and inspection of certain electrical wiring.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1070P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1070)
2. **House Commerce and Energy** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1070HCO.html&Session=2020&Version=House Commerce and Energy&Bill=1070)
3. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1070ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1070)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **65–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beal — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Langer — primary (person)
- Mills — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Randolph — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-21** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 37 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-19** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1070A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-19** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-21** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 352
- **2020-02-24** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 1. H.J. 366 `passage`
- **2020-02-25** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 338 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-27** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 389 `passage`
- **2020-03-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 458
- **2020-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 421
- **2020-03-05** Delivered to the Governor on March 05, 2020 H.J. 480 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-10** Signed by the Governor on March 09, 2020 H.J. 537 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e9bb9b1-b492-49c8-8308-904fbd04e825`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).