HB 1054 South Dakota House · 2026 Regular Session

repeal the creation and budgeting for the Digital Dakota Network.

HB 1054 repeals the creation and budgeting requirements for South Dakota's Digital Dakota Network. The bill removes specific statutory provisions that established the network's structure, budgeting process, and the separate Office of Digital Dakota Network within the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications. It transfers all remaining network-related functions - including management, programming, and budgeting - directly to the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications. This change eliminates the network as a distinct program and ends the requirement for the Bureau to submit separate budgets for it. The bill directly affects the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications, which will now manage all telecommunications network operations under existing authority.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Jan 2026
House Passage
Jan 2026
Senate Passage
Feb 2026
Signed into Law
Feb 2026
Introduced Jan 13, 2026 Signed Feb 12, 2026
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Introduced Enrolled · 4 edits · Feb 3, 2026
MODERATE
This document shows the final enrolled version of House Bill 1054, which repeals the creation and budgeting for the Digital Dakota Network. The bill amends existing state statutes to remove provisions related to the Digital Dakota Network while maintaining other telecommunications and information network provisions. The changes represent a complete repeal of the Digital Dakota Network program rather than modifications to its operations.
Scope change
The bill's scope changed from establishing a new telecommunications network (Digital Dakota Network) to repealing that program entirely. The affected scope includes state telecommunications funding, network creation authority, and related administrative provisions.
FISCAL

All budgeting and funding provisions for the Digital Dakota Network were removed from the code.

REQUIREMENT

Statutory sections 1-33-26, 1-33-30, 1-33-32, 1-33-35, 1-33-36, and 1-33-59 were repealed, which contained requirements related to the Digital Dakota Network program.

Section 1-33-38 was amended to remove references to the Digital Dakota Network while keeping provisions for the state information network and telecommunications network under the commissioner of information and telecommunications.

TECHNICAL

The document was formatted as an enrolled legislative act with signatures from the House, Senate, and Governor, indicating the bill has been finalized and signed into law.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
9
Committee
2
Feb 12, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor on 2026-02-12 H.J. 304
executive
Feb 4, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by the President S.J. 186
upper
Feb 3, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 210
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Upper · Passed
Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 162
upper
Jan 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 5
upper
Jan 29, 2026
Upper · Passed
Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 5
upper
Jan 23, 2026
Introduced
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy S.J. 92
upper
Jan 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 67, NAYS 0 H.J. 115
lower
Jan 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 3
lower
Jan 21, 2026
Lower · Passed
Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 H.J. 3
lower
Jan 13, 2026
Introduced
First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy H.J. 11
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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