---
type: "Bill"
title: "limit the required application of green building standards."
description: "limit the required application of green building standards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 134"
citation: "South Dakota SB 134 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Environmental Protection", "Procurement of Public Improvements", "State Affairs and Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Maher"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-28"
last_action: "2021-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e1734e91-e7d8-44d5-87d6-eb4e74367ae1"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22191"
source_hash: "aa2b10f4cb905c08e20f8500764eee2b8099378a03e3d2a966b86eda659e5e15"
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 134 (2021) — limit the required application of green building standards.

## 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/22191/214539)
2. **134A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/216684.pdf)
3. **134B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/217004.pdf)
4. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22191/217106)
5. **Senate Local Government Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22191/216754)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22191/218806)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **63–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-28** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 134 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-05** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2021-02-05** Local Government Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 134A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-05** Local Government Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 4, NAYS 2
- **2021-02-09** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 227 Amendment 134B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-09** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 1 S.J. 228
- **2021-02-10** First read in House and referred to H.J. 272 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-25** Local Government Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-01** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 6 H.J. 443
- **2021-03-02** Signed by the President S.J. 384 `passage`
- **2021-03-02** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 467 `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-03 S.J. 389 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-09 S.J. 458 `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/e1734e91-e7d8-44d5-87d6-eb4e74367ae1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).