---
type: "Bill"
title: "require financial security for the decommissioning of solar facilities."
description: "require financial security for the decommissioning of solar facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 36"
citation: "South Dakota SB 36 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Public Utilities and Carriers", "Solar"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 16
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-02-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/128c94e7-e155-444e-b67a-8c3d8ac74988"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22824"
source_hash: "a0d3918ec8c9d577b53bf678400679b3af42a40d15e60982a516b735136a3f36"
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 36 (2022) — require financial security for the decommissioning of solar facilities.

## Version chain

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

1. **36A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/227729.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **64–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 10 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-18** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 36A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-18** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0 S.J. 1
- **2022-01-18** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2022-01-20** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 0 S.J. 83 `passage`
- **2022-01-21** First read in House and referred to H.J. 56 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-26** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-26** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 1
- **2022-01-27** Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 148
- **2022-01-31** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0 H.J. 160
- **2022-02-02** Signed by the President S.J. 156 `passage`
- **2022-02-03** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 199 `passage`
- **2022-02-04** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-02-04 S.J. 181 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-10** Signed by the Governor on 2022-02-10 S.J. 230 `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/128c94e7-e155-444e-b67a-8c3d8ac74988`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).