republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2026/hb-1038.md

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Bill	allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities.	allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2026	HB 1038	South Dakota HB 1038 (2026)	bill	Administrative Procedure Court Costs Data Centers Executive/Judiciary Request Fund Public Utilities and Carriers	enacted		6	16	5	2026-01-13	2026-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/bfc0bda5-7581-4de4-879b-ff064fb3a972	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26923	23dfc4f73ac95833cf233d0375ab8022e10373e863832b93c86bae4091ab8023	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. 1038A (committee substitute) — source
3. 1038C (committee substitute) — source
4. House Commerce and Energy Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Commerce and Energy Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/bfc0bda5-7581-4de4-879b-ff064fb3a972. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).