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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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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."
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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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
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legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
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session: "2019"
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identifier: "SB 15"
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citation: "South Dakota SB 15 (2019)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Energy", "Permit", "Public Officers and Employees", "Public Utilities and Carriers"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: []
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-01-08"
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last_action: "2019-03-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc51369f-2028-400b-a83b-d4ffe460dbc4"
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source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=15&Session=2019"
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source_hash: "7643775b735e912e85a2bcc8a8ee9d1c2d04b3103c73c94d0e36cfe01033a63f"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
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---
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# 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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment 15cc** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Amendment.aspx?Amend=amd15cc.htm)
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2. **House** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB15H.htm&Session=2019&Version=House&Bill=15)
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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)
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4. **Printed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB15P.htm&Session=2019&Version=Printed&Bill=15)
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5. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB15S.htm&Session=2019&Version=Senate&Bill=15)
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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)
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7. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=SB15ENR.htm&Session=2019&Version=Enrolled&Bill=15)
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## Votes
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- Do Pass - 2019 — **6–5** (pass) · lower
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- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **21–14** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **47–17** (pass) · lower
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- Deferred to another day - 2019 — **6–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do Pass Amended - 2019 — **11–2** (pass) · lower
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- Concurred in amendments - 2019 — **22–9** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Commerce and Energy — primary (organization)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-08** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 24 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-15** Scheduled for hearing
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- **2019-01-17** Scheduled for hearing
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- **2019-01-17** Commerce and Energy Deferred to another day, Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1.
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- **2019-02-12** Scheduled for hearing
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- **2019-02-14** Scheduled for hearing
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- **2019-02-19** Scheduled for hearing
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- **2019-02-21** Scheduled for hearing
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- **2019-02-21** Commerce and Energy Hoghoused, Passed Amendment 15ca
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- **2019-02-21** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 2. `committee-passage`
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- **2019-02-21** Commerce and Energy Title amended, Passed S.J. 446 Amendment 15cta
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- **2019-02-25** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 505 Amendment 15cb
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- **2019-02-25** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 21, NAYS 14. S.J. 506 `passage`
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- **2019-02-26** First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 551 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
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- **2019-03-04** Commerce and Energy Do Pass, Failed, YEAS 6, NAYS 5. `committee-failure`
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- **2019-03-04** Commerce and Energy Deferred to another day, Passed
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- **2019-03-06** Scheduled for hearing
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- **2019-03-06** Commerce and Energy Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 15cc `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
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- **2019-03-06** Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 2. H.J. 657 `committee-passage`
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- **2019-03-07** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 47, NAYS 17. H.J. 693 `passage`
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- **2019-03-07** House of Representatives Title amended, Passed H.J. 694 Amendment 15yta
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- **2019-03-11** Senate Concurred in amendments, Passed, YEAS 22, NAYS 9. S.J. 680
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- **2019-03-11** Signed by the President S.J. 685
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- **2019-03-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 747
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- **2019-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2019 `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-03-29** Signed by the Governor on March, 19, 2019 S.J. 732 `executive-signature`
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## Source
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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).
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