republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2026/sb-135.md

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Bill	protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.	protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2026	SB 135	South Dakota SB 135 (2026)	bill	Administrative Procedure Data Centers Planning Zoning and Housing Programs Public Records and Files Public Utilities and Carriers Reports Tax Exemptions and Refunds Water Management	enacted	Andera Aylward Baxter Greenfield Hansen Heinemann Hohn Howard Karr Lapka Lems May Nelson Nolz Novstrup Odenbach Peterson (Sue) Voita	6	18	6	2026-01-27	2026-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/633d93e3-7aa1-4bd3-97fc-251928e57db1	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27028	bf5d839deee9d6ebbb3e3fee4f724750156e5de31d1205e09b14a68b9a90978e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 135 (2026) — protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. 135F (committee substitute) — source
3. 135G (committee substitute) — source
4. House State Affairs Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass — 5–4 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 60–7 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• Concurred in amendments — 33–1 (pass) · upper
• Motion to amend — 30–4 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andera — primary (person)
• Aylward — primary (person)
• Baxter — primary (person)
• Greenfield — primary (person)
• Hansen — primary (person)
• Heinemann — primary (person)
• Hohn — primary (person)
• Howard — primary (person)
• Karr — primary (person)
• Lapka — primary (person)
• Lems — primary (person)
• May — primary (person)
• Nelson — primary (person)
• Nolz — primary (person)
• Novstrup — primary (person)
• Odenbach — primary (person)
• Peterson (Sue) — primary (person)
• Voita — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-27 First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 120 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-18 Scheduled for hearing
• 2026-02-18 State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 4 S.J. 25 committee-passage
• 2026-02-19 Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 309
• 2026-02-20 Senate Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 4 S.J. 343 Amendment 135F amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2026-02-20 Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 343
• 2026-02-23 First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 416 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-03-02 Scheduled for hearing
• 2026-03-02 State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 135G amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2026-03-02 State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0
• 2026-03-02 Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
• 2026-03-04 Remove from Consent Calendar H.J. 509
• 2026-03-05 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 7 H.J. 523
• 2026-03-10 Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 1 S.J. 511
• 2026-03-11 Signed by the President S.J. 525 passage
• 2026-03-11 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 560 passage
• 2026-03-12 Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 539 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-30 Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 S.J. 549 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/633d93e3-7aa1-4bd3-97fc-251928e57db1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).