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Laws · South Dakota · SB135

SB135: Protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.

South Dakota, 2026 Regular Session. Signed, March 30, 2026.

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Status Signed Signed, .

Official summary

No official summary is on file yet. The full text is on the legislature's page, linked below.

Measure Bill.

Number SB135, as its own legislature prints it. The record files it under S.B. 135, which is the form this page's address and every export use. The two forms are the same measure. The record normalizes a number so a reader can search one way across fifty states; the legislature's own form is the one printed here.

Sponsors Jon Hansen (R); Chris Karr (R); Bobbi Andera (R); Aaron Aylward (R); Heather Baxter (R); Lana Greenfield (R); Leslie Heinemann (R); Joy Hohn (R); Taffy Howard (R); Mark Lapka (R); Karla Lems (R); Elizabeth May (R); Lauren Nelson (R); Kaley Nolz (R); Al Novstrup (R); Scott Odenbach (R); Sue Lucas-Peterson (R); Mykala Voita (R)

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 The legislature's own list.

Official page sdlegislature.gov/#/Session/Bill/27028. Found through LegiScan (bill 2093452), whose data is CC BY 4.0; the citation is the legislature's own page.

What happened, and when

  1. March 30, 2026 Signed

    S.B. 135 was signed. sdlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Signed by the Governor on March 30, 2026 S.J. 549.

  2. March 5, 2026 Passed second chamber

    S.B. 135 passed the House. sdlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 60, NAYS 7. H.J. 523.

  3. March 2, 2026 In committee

    S.B. 135 went to committee in the House. sdlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: State Affairs Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0..

  4. February 23, 2026 In committee

    S.B. 135 went to committee in the House. sdlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 416.

  5. February 20, 2026 Passed first chamber

    S.B. 135 passed the Senate. sdlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 343.

  6. February 18, 2026 In committee

    S.B. 135 went to committee in the Senate. sdlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: State Affairs Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 4. S.J. 25.

  7. January 27, 2026 In committee

    S.B. 135 went to committee in the Senate. sdlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 120.

  8. January 27, 2026 Introduced

    S.B. 135 was introduced in the Senate. sdlegislature.gov primary source [1] The official action text: First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 120.

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Sources

  1. SB135 on the legislature's site sdlegislature.gov

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