republic-os/legislation/us/states/sd/2026/sb-36.md

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Bill	authorize certain utilities to establish wildfire mitigation plans and associated liability limitations for wildfire damages.	authorize certain utilities to establish wildfire mitigation plans and associated liability limitations for wildfire damages.	us/states/sd	South Dakota Legislature	2026	SB 36	South Dakota SB 36 (2026)	bill	Fees Firefighters Liability Promulgation of Rules Public Utilities and Carriers Reports	enacted	Baxter Crabtree Czmowski Davis DeGroot Deibert Duffy Duhamel Emery Goodwin Greenfield Halverson Healy Heermann Heinemann Jensen (Kevin) Kassin Kolbeck (Steve) Kull Ladner Larson Massie Mehlhaff Miskimins Moore Mortenson Muckey Novstrup Perry Peterson (Drew) Reed Rehfeldt Reimer Roe Rohl Sauder Schoenfish Shorma Sjaarda Van Diepen Vilhauer Walburg Weems Weisgram Wipf Zikmund	8	16	5	2026-01-13	2026-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/0d62ccd5-9176-4219-b7e8-f0de19e83946	https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26857	931daddd4bcd8e5e3edeb899478e436ac2076919fa59465c939b2854b7af2416	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-sd

South Dakota SB 36 (2026) — authorize certain utilities to establish wildfire mitigation plans and associated liability limitations for wildfire damages.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. 36A (committee substitute) — source
3. 36B (committee substitute) — source
4. 36E (committee substitute) — source
5. House Commerce and Energy Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
6. Senate Commerce and Energy Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
8. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do Pass Amended — 6–3 (pass) · upper
• Concurred in amendments — 31–3 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Do Pass Amended — 29–4 (pass) · upper
• Do Pass Amended — 63–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Baxter — primary (person)
• Crabtree — primary (person)
• Czmowski — primary (person)
• Davis — primary (person)
• DeGroot — primary (person)
• Deibert — primary (person)
• Duffy — primary (person)
• Duhamel — primary (person)
• Emery — primary (person)
• Goodwin — primary (person)
• Greenfield — primary (person)
• Halverson — primary (person)
• Healy — primary (person)
• Heermann — primary (person)
• Heinemann — primary (person)
• Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
• Kassin — primary (person)
• Kolbeck (Steve) — primary (person)
• Kull — primary (person)
• Ladner — primary (person)
• Larson — primary (person)
• Massie — primary (person)
• Mehlhaff — primary (person)
• Miskimins — primary (person)
• Moore — primary (person)
• Mortenson — primary (person)
• Muckey — primary (person)
• Novstrup — primary (person)
• Perry — primary (person)
• Peterson (Drew) — primary (person)
• Reed — primary (person)
• Rehfeldt — primary (person)
• Reimer — primary (person)
• Roe — primary (person)
• Rohl — primary (person)
• Sauder — primary (person)
• Schoenfish — primary (person)
• Shorma — primary (person)
• Sjaarda — primary (person)
• Van Diepen — primary (person)
• Vilhauer — primary (person)
• Walburg — primary (person)
• Weems — primary (person)
• Weisgram — primary (person)
• Wipf — primary (person)
• Zikmund — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-01-13 First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 10 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-01-27 Scheduled for hearing
• 2026-01-27 Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 36A amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2026-01-27 Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 3 S.J. 2
• 2026-01-29 Senate Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 145 Amendment 36B amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2026-01-29 Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 4 S.J. 146
• 2026-02-02 First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 194 introduction, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Scheduled for hearing
• 2026-02-25 Commerce and Energy Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 36E amendment-introduction, amendment-passage
• 2026-02-25 Commerce and Energy Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0
• 2026-03-02 House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 2 H.J. 473
• 2026-03-04 Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 3 S.J. 456
• 2026-03-05 Signed by the President S.J. 485 passage
• 2026-03-09 Signed by the Speaker H.J. 543 passage
• 2026-03-10 Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-10 S.J. 510 executive-receipt
• 2026-03-12 Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 541 executive-signature, executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0d62ccd5-9176-4219-b7e8-f0de19e83946. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).