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type: "Bill"
title: "protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers."
description: "protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 135"
citation: "South Dakota SB 135 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Data Centers", "Planning", "Zoning and Housing Programs", "Public Records and Files", "Public Utilities and Carriers", "Reports", "Tax Exemptions and Refunds", "Water Management"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andera", "Aylward", "Baxter", "Greenfield", "Hansen", "Heinemann", "Hohn", "Howard", "Karr", "Lapka", "Lems", "May", "Nelson", "Nolz", "Novstrup", "Odenbach", "Peterson (Sue)", "Voita"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 18
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-01-27"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/633d93e3-7aa1-4bd3-97fc-251928e57db1"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27028"
source_hash: "bf5d839deee9d6ebbb3e3fee4f724750156e5de31d1205e09b14a68b9a90978e"
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 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](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27028/297535)
2. **135F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/304340.pdf)
3. **135G** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/305398.pdf)
4. **House State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27028/305469)
5. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27028/304415)
6. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/27028/306610)
## Votes
- Do Pass — **54** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **607** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **340** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **331** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend — **304** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **110** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/633d93e3-7aa1-4bd3-97fc-251928e57db1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).