---
type: "Bill"
title: "update provisions related to the permit application process for proposed energy and transmission facilities."
description: "update provisions related to the permit application process for proposed energy and transmission facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 25"
citation: "South Dakota SB 25 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Public Utilities and Carriers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2ccfd334-3473-4491-8419-edb13e03d09d"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26693"
source_hash: "b81f568ec17c769c6586c912f4f74aaf13920f7429b5ec9d423c8421c76ebf24"
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 25 (2026) — update provisions related to the permit application process for proposed energy and transmission facilities.

## 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/26693/292100)
2. **25A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/293781.pdf)
3. **25B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/295116.pdf)
4. **25E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/297570.pdf)
5. **Senate Commerce and Energy Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26693/295477)
6. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26693/297846)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26693/304845)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **17–17** (fail) · upper
- Do Pass — **10–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **61–5** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Reconsidered — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **17–17** (fail) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **30–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 10 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-20** Scheduled for hearing S.J. 1
- **2026-01-20** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 25A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-20** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 25B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-20** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 1
- **2026-01-22** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 17 S.J. 85
- **2026-01-22** Intent to reconsider , Passed, S.J. 85
- **2026-01-23** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 17, NAYS 17 S.J. 90 `failure`
- **2026-01-23** Intent to reconsider , Passed, S.J. 90
- **2026-01-26** Senate Reconsidered , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3 S.J. 107
- **2026-01-26** Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 108 Amendment 25E `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-26** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3 S.J. 108
- **2026-01-27** First Reading House H.J. 150
- **2026-01-28** Referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 166 `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-23** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-23** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-24** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 5 H.J. 434
- **2026-02-25** Signed by the President S.J. 405 `passage`
- **2026-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 462 `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-02 S.J. 422 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-04 S.J. 452 `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/2ccfd334-3473-4491-8419-edb13e03d09d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).