---
type: "Bill"
title: "exempt an electric vehicle charging station from being subject to a civil fine for overcharging."
description: "exempt an electric vehicle charging station from being subject to a civil fine for overcharging."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 23"
citation: "South Dakota SB 23 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Executive/Judiciary Request", "Penalty", "Public Utilities and Carriers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35842181-5220-4437-b012-44ef04d08a57"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24813"
source_hash: "e4bac05917e57844a6e45460767a1c6d088c7f91e4193c06636b86c19bd55083"
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 23 (2024) — exempt an electric vehicle charging station from being subject to a civil fine for overcharging.

## 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/24813/257764)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24813/262689)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 17 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-11** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-11** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-11** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-12** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 0 S.J. 76 `passage`
- **2024-01-16** First read in House and referred to H.J. 60 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-22** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-22** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-23** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 1 H.J. 156 `passage`
- **2024-01-29** Signed by the President S.J. 194 `passage`
- **2024-01-30** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 203 `passage`
- **2024-01-31** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-01-31 S.J. 215 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-06** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-06 S.J. 264 `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/35842181-5220-4437-b012-44ef04d08a57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).