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HB 1012 South Dakota House · 2025 Regular Session

clarify the status of the Statewide One-Call Notification Board as an agency administered by the Department of Public Safety and the duties of the Board.

This bill clarifies the legal status of the Statewide One-Call Notification Board, designating it as an agency under the Department of Public Safety. It outlines the specific duties and responsibilities of the Board to ensure proper coordination of underground utility notification services. The legislation aims to provide clear administrative structure for the Board's operations without changing its core function.
Bill status signed all 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 14, 2025 Signed Mar 31, 2025
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Introduced → Enrolled · 4 edits · Mar 6, 2025
MODERATE
This bill clarifies the administrative structure of South Dakota's Statewide One-Call Notification Board, designating it as an agency under the Department of Public Safety. It establishes a dedicated state treasury fund for one-call operations and outlines the board's authority to hire staff and contractors. The legislation also defines the one-call notification center as a potential nonprofit corporation and sets penalties for operators who fail to comply with underground facility marking requirements.
Scope change
The bill expands the board's administrative oversight by placing it under the Department of Public Safety and creates a formal funding mechanism through a state treasury fund.
FISCAL

Created a state one-call fund in the state treasury with interest earnings required to be deposited back into the fund, continuously appropriated to the board.

REQUIREMENT

Established that the one-call notification center may be organized as a nonprofit corporation and must provide excavation notification and facility marking services.

ENFORCEMENT

Clarified that operators failing to join the center or submit underground facility locations face penalties under existing sections and civil liability for damages caused by noncompliance.

SCOPE

Transferred administrative authority of the Statewide One-Call Notification Board from its previous status to the Department of Public Safety.

Floor votes · House Jan 28, 2025

How they voted

67–1
Passed
Total votes 68
Jan 28, 2025
D Democratic5
5 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican63
62 Yea 1 Nay
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
8
Committee
3
Mar 31, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor on 2025-03-31 H.J. 552
executive
Mar 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by the President S.J. 503
lower
Mar 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 488
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 452
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
lower
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0
lower
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to S.J. 153
lower
Jan 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 1 H.J. 135
lower
Jan 27, 2025
Lower · Passed
Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 1
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Introduced
First read in House and referred to H.J. 11
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.