---
type: "Bill"
title: "exempt the provision of electricity through electric vehicle charging stations from the definition of electric utility."
description: "exempt the provision of electricity through electric vehicle charging stations from the definition of electric utility."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 80"
citation: "South Dakota SB 80 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Motor Vehicles", "Utilities"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chase", "Crabtree", "Davis", "Goodwin", "Maher", "Otten (Herman)", "Reed", "Stalzer", "Wiik", "Willadsen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-14"
last_action: "2022-02-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7f195ac-b5b3-4190-9619-b578619a3907"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/23045"
source_hash: "c647dd6cb2dee61c8b364a54b93ee6fdcdfdee74f5da31ec178064f826df33fa"
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 80 (2022) — exempt the provision of electricity through electric vehicle charging stations from the definition of electric utility.

## Version chain

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

1. **80A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/228127.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **65–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chase — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Davis — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Maher — primary (person)
- Otten (Herman) — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-14** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 58 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-20** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 80A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-20** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0
- **2022-01-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-01-24** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 35, NAYS 0 S.J. 95 `passage`
- **2022-01-25** First read in House and referred to H.J. 117 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Scheduled for hearing H.J. 1
- **2022-01-31** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-01** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 1 H.J. 172
- **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/f7f195ac-b5b3-4190-9619-b578619a3907`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).