---
type: "Bill"
title: "establish safety standards regarding biogas gathering lines."
description: "establish safety standards regarding biogas gathering lines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 40"
citation: "South Dakota SB 40 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Boards and Commissions", "Crimes", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Notice and Publication", "Penalty", "Public Utilities and Carriers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b4e12e84-a55a-4f07-9199-78d74b81c180"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22953"
source_hash: "e1c5c90a769af41f1f0d252b64861c8f1d23983e825bbb4058d16aa56854d68e"
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 40 (2022) — establish safety standards regarding biogas gathering lines.

## Version chain

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

1. **40D** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/232939.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper

## 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
- **2022-01-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-25** Commerce and Energy Hoghoused , Passed,
- **2022-01-25** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed,
- **2022-01-27** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 126
- **2022-01-31** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 141
- **2022-02-01** First Reading House H.J. 167
- **2022-02-02** Referred to H.J. 183 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-09** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 40D `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-09** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0
- **2022-02-14** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 287
- **2022-02-16** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 273
- **2022-02-17** Signed by the President S.J. 295 `passage`
- **2022-02-17** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 382 `passage`
- **2022-02-22** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-02-22 S.J. 302 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-24** Signed by the Governor on 2022-02-24 S.J. 376 `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/b4e12e84-a55a-4f07-9199-78d74b81c180`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).