South Dakota - Session 71
Title: protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.
An Act to protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-26 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-30 | Status | enacted |
| 2026-03-30 | Latest Action | Signed by the Governor |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 1038 | allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities. | enacted |
| HB 1048 | make an appropriation for the expansion of broadband infrastructure and to declare an emergency. | enacted |
| SB 204 | revise certain criteria for loans from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund. | enacted |
| SB 231 | create the water infrastructure development fund, to provide an appropriation, to provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the fund for certain rural water projects and to declare an emergency. | enacted |
| SB 76 | authorize loans from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund for airport infrastructure. | enacted |
| HB 1049 | protect electric infrastructure in this state. | enacted |
| SB 130 | make an appropriation for roadway and related infrastructure improvements required because of construction activity at Ellsworth Air Force Base and to declare an emergency. | enacted |
| SB 240 | make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency. | enacted |