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type: "Bill"
title: "authorize certain utilities to establish wildfire mitigation plans and associated liability limitations for wildfire damages."
description: "authorize certain utilities to establish wildfire mitigation plans and associated liability limitations for wildfire damages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 36"
citation: "South Dakota SB 36 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees", "Firefighters", "Liability", "Promulgation of Rules", "Public Utilities and Carriers", "Reports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["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"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d62ccd5-9176-4219-b7e8-f0de19e83946"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26857"
source_hash: "931daddd4bcd8e5e3edeb899478e436ac2076919fa59465c939b2854b7af2416"
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 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](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26857/292836)
2. **36A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/297049.pdf)
3. **36B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/299559.pdf)
4. **36E** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/304862.pdf)
5. **House Commerce and Energy Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26857/304984)
6. **Senate Commerce and Energy Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26857/298132)
7. **Senate Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26857/299659)
8. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26857/306297)
## Votes
- Do Pass Amended — **63** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **313** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **110** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **294** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **632** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d62ccd5-9176-4219-b7e8-f0de19e83946`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).