---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize the transfer of wind energy tax revenue from a school district general fund."
description: "authorize the transfer of wind energy tax revenue from a school district general fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1066"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1066 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School Districts", "Transfer of Funds", "Wind Energy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Deutsch", "Mills", "Wiik"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2021-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e90ec2f9-9c42-425a-817b-dedd64471cad"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21868"
source_hash: "ee2123aa25d566c20349a71ef0cd37f4537ec0623b7dcbc4bd981e6dd2395451"
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 1066 (2021) — authorize the transfer of wind energy tax revenue from a school district general fund.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21868/211987)
2. **1066F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/214824.pdf)
3. **1066H** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/216948.pdf)
4. **House Education Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21868/217161)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21868/218424)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **68–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Mills — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** First read in House and referred to H.J. 52 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-03** Education Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 1 Amendment 1066F `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-03** Education Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 5
- **2021-02-10** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-10** Education Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1066H `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-10** Education Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 14, NAYS 0
- **2021-02-16** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 294
- **2021-02-17** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 278 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-23** Education Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1 S.J. 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-24** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 343
- **2021-02-25** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 431 `passage`
- **2021-03-01** Signed by the President S.J. 369 `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-02 H.J. 455 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-03** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-03 H.J. 478 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e90ec2f9-9c42-425a-817b-dedd64471cad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).