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type: "Bill"
title: "define solar energy facilities, establish certain provisions regarding solar energy permits, and revise the procedures by which the Public Utilities Commission processes facility permits."
description: "define solar energy facilities, establish certain provisions regarding solar energy permits, and revise the procedures by which the Public Utilities Commission processes facility permits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2019"
identifier: "SB 15"
citation: "South Dakota SB 15 (2019)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Energy", "Permit", "Public Officers and Employees", "Public Utilities and Carriers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc51369f-2028-400b-a83b-d4ffe460dbc4"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=15&Session=2019"
source_hash: "7643775b735e912e85a2bcc8a8ee9d1c2d04b3103c73c94d0e36cfe01033a63f"
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 15 (2019) — define solar energy facilities, establish certain provisions regarding solar energy permits, and revise the procedures by which the Public Utilities Commission processes facility permits.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment 15cc** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd15cc.htm)
2. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB15H.htm&Session=2019&Version=House&Bill=15)
3. **House Commerce and Energy** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB15HCO.htm&Session=2019&Version=House Commerce and Energy&Bill=15)
4. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB15P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=15)
5. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB15S.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate&Bill=15)
6. **Senate Commerce and Energy** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB15SCO.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate Commerce and Energy&Bill=15)
7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB15ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=15)
## Votes
- Do Pass - 2019 — **65** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **52** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **2114** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **4717** (pass) · lower
- Deferred to another day - 2019 — **61** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **112** (pass) · lower
- Concurred in amendments - 2019 — **229** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-01-08** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 24 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-01-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-01-17** Commerce and Energy Deferred to another day, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1.
- **2019-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-02-21** Commerce and Energy Hoghoused, Passed Amendment 15ca
- **2019-02-21** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2. `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-21** Commerce and Energy Title amended, Passed S.J. 446 Amendment 15cta
- **2019-02-25** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 505 Amendment 15cb
- **2019-02-25** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 21, NAYS 14. S.J. 506 `passage`
- **2019-02-26** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 551 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-04** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Failed, YEAS 6, NAYS 5. `committee-failure`
- **2019-03-04** Commerce and Energy Deferred to another day, Passed
- **2019-03-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2019-03-06** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 15cc `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-06** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2. H.J. 657 `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 47, NAYS 17. H.J. 693 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** House of Representatives Title amended, Passed H.J. 694 Amendment 15yta
- **2019-03-11** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 22, NAYS 9. S.J. 680
- **2019-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 685
- **2019-03-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 747
- **2019-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2019 `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March, 19, 2019 S.J. 732 `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc51369f-2028-400b-a83b-d4ffe460dbc4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).