---
type: "Bill"
title: "allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities."
description: "allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1038"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1038 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Court Costs", "Data Centers", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Fund", "Public Utilities and Carriers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfc0bda5-7581-4de4-879b-ff064fb3a972"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26923"
source_hash: "23dfc4f73ac95833cf233d0375ab8022e10373e863832b93c86bae4091ab8023"
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 HB 1038 (2026) — allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities.

## 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/26923/293025)
2. **1038A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/297052.pdf)
3. **1038C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/305117.pdf)
4. **House Commerce and Energy Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26923/298812)
5. **Senate Commerce and Energy Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26923/306396)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26923/306633)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **60–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **67–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 11 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-28** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-28** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 11 Amendment 1038A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-28** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 11
- **2026-02-02** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 5 H.J. 196
- **2026-02-03** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 170 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-26** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-03-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-05** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 1038C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-05** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 2
- **2026-03-09** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 2 S.J. 494
- **2026-03-10** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0 H.J. 548
- **2026-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 560 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 528 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-12 H.J. 574 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 H.J. 579 `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/bfc0bda5-7581-4de4-879b-ff064fb3a972`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).