SD SB 36

enacted

authorize certain utilities to establish wildfire mitigation plans and associated liability limitations for wildfire damages.

South Dakota · 2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did SD SB 36 pass?

Yes. SD SB 36 has been enacted into law as of 2026-03-12. Latest recorded action (2026-03-12): Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 541

What is SD SB 36 about?

SD SB 36 is a bill in the 2026 Regular Session titled “authorize certain utilities to establish wildfire mitigation plans and associated liability limitations for wildfire damages.”.

Who sponsors SD SB 36?

Zikmund, Wipf, Weisgram and 43 others are the primary sponsors of SD SB 36.

Introduced: 2026-01-13
Latest action: 2026-03-12 — Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-12 S.J. 541
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

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

Versions

Introduced — 2026-01-06Compare
Senate Commerce and Energy Engrossed — 2026-01-27Compare
Senate Engrossed — 2026-01-29Compare
House Commerce and Energy Engrossed — 2026-02-25Compare
Enrolled — 2026-03-05Compare
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36ACompare
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Documents

Votes

Do Pass Amended
2026-01-27 · pass · 6-3
Member-level votes (9)
- Mehlhaff: yes
- Deibert: yes
- Hohn: no
- Karr: no
- Kolbeck (Steve): yes
- Larson: yes
- Perry: yes
- Peterson (Sue): no
- Crabtree: yes
Do Pass Amended
2026-01-29 · pass · 29-4
Member-level votes (35)
- Beal: excused
- Blanc: yes
- Carley: yes
- Crabtree: yes
- Davis: excused
- Deibert: yes
- Duhamel: yes
- Foster: yes
- Grove: yes
- Hohn: no
- Howard: yes
- Hulse: no
- Jensen (Kevin): yes
- Karr: no
- Kolbeck (Steve): yes
- Lapka: yes
- Larson: yes
- Marty: yes
- Mehlhaff: yes
- Miskimins: yes
- Nelson: yes
- Otten: yes
- Perry: yes
- Peterson (Sue): no
- Pischke: yes
- Reed: yes
- Rohl: yes
- Sauder: yes
- Schoenfish: yes
- Smith: yes
- Vilhauer: yes
- Voight: yes
- Voita: yes
- Wipf: yes
- Zikmund: yes
Do Pass Amended
2026-02-25 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (13)
- Aylward: excused
- Duffy: yes
- Greenfield: yes
- Kayser: yes
- Mulally: yes
- Nolz: yes
- Peterson (Drew): excused
- Schwans: yes
- Shorma: yes
- Uhre-Balk: yes
- Weisgram: yes
- Bahmuller: yes
- Lems: yes
Do Pass Amended
2026-03-02 · pass · 63-2
Member-level votes (70)
- Andera: yes
- Arlint: yes
- Auch: yes
- Aylward: yes
- Bahmuller: yes
- Bathke: excused
- Baxter: yes
- Czmowski: excused
- DeGroot: yes
- Derby: yes
- Duffy: excused
- Emery: yes
- Fitzgerald: yes
- Fosness: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Gosch: yes
- Greenfield: yes
- Halverson: yes
- Healy: yes
- Heermann: yes
- Heinemann: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Hunt: yes
- Ismay: yes
- Jamison: yes
- Jensen (Phil): yes
- Jordan: yes
- Jorgenson: yes
- Kassin: yes
- Kayser: yes
- Kolbeck (Jack): yes
- Kull: yes
- Ladner: yes
- Lems: yes
- Manhart: yes
- Massie: yes
- May: yes
- Moore: yes
- Mortenson: yes
- Muckey: yes
- Mulally: no
- Mulder: yes
- Nolz: yes
- Novstrup: yes
- Odenbach: yes
- Overweg: yes
- Peterson (Drew): yes
- Pourier: yes
- Randolph: no
- Rehfeldt: yes
- Reimer: yes
- Reisch: excused
- Rice: yes
- Roby: yes
- Roe: yes
- Schaefbauer: yes
- Schwans: yes
- Shorma: yes
- Shubeck: yes
- Sjaarda: yes
- Soye: excused
- Stevens: yes
- Uhre-Balk: yes
- Van Diepen: yes
- Walburg: yes
- Weems: yes
- Weisgram: yes
- Wittman: yes
- Hansen: yes
Concurred in amendments
2026-03-04 · pass · 31-3
Member-level votes (35)
- Beal: excused
- Blanc: yes
- Carley: yes
- Crabtree: yes
- Davis: yes
- Deibert: yes
- Duhamel: yes
- Foster: yes
- Grove: yes
- Hohn: no
- Howard: yes
- Hulse: no
- Jensen (Kevin): yes
- Karr: yes
- Kolbeck (Steve): yes
- Lapka: yes
- Larson: yes
- Marty: yes
- Mehlhaff: yes
- Miskimins: yes
- Nelson: yes
- Otten: yes
- Perry: yes
- Peterson (Sue): no
- Pischke: yes
- Reed: yes
- Rohl: yes
- Sauder: yes
- Schoenfish: yes
- Smith: yes
- Vilhauer: yes
- Voight: yes
- Voita: yes
- Wipf: yes
- Zikmund: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Bills/26857

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