Scope
South Dakota House Bill 1301 (2026) would have required electric utilities to ensure a data center pays the full cost of its electric service, required operators of large data centers (peak demand of twenty megawatts or more) to seek private supply or self-generation, file annual reports and post decommissioning security, and imposed a moratorium on new construction or expansion of large data centers through 30 June 2027. It was deferred to the 41st legislative day on 18 February 2026.
- Geographic scope
- South Dakota
- Jurisdiction
- State
- Authority type
- Legislature
- Issuing authority
- South Dakota Legislature
Dates
- Adopted
- No adoption day is recorded
- Effective
- Never took effect (did not pass)
- Scheduled expiration
- None scheduled
- Ended
- 18 February 2026
- Completion condition
- None stated
- Source document
- The source page states no document date
- Last checked
- 23 September 2026 (earlier than tracker date 5 October 2026; not an automatic status change)
Summary
South Dakota House Bill 1301 of 2026 proposed electricity cost protections, reporting and decommissioning duties for data centers and a moratorium on new or expanded large data centers through June 2027. The House State Affairs Committee deferred it to the 41st legislative day on 18 February 2026, 10 to 2. No floor vote is recorded.
What this does not establish
- The record describes the bill as introduced; the index shows no later version was enacted.
- Deferral to the 41st legislative day, a day the session does not reach, is how South Dakota committees end a bill; the end date recorded here is that day.
Unresolved questions
None recorded.
Relationships
Supersession means a later instrument replaces the earlier legal effect. Repeal links identify the repeal instrument and the measure it ends. A later implementation or related letter is not treated as a replacement unless the record says so.
- No related action is recorded.
Sources
https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/301188.pdf
- South Dakota Legislature, 2026 Index, Bill History Report (House Bill 1301) Documented last action and death day