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HB1054 • 2026

repeal the creation and budgeting for the Digital Dakota Network.

repeal the creation and budgeting for the Digital Dakota Network.

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This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
The Chair of the Committee on <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Committee/1261/Detail">Commerce and Energy</a> at the request of the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications
Last action
2026-02-12
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

repeal the creation and budgeting for the Digital Dakota Network.

repeal the creation and budgeting for the Digital Dakota Network.

What This Bill Does

  • repeal the creation and budgeting for the Digital Dakota Network.
  • Official keyword topics: Executive/Judiciary Request State Affairs and Government Telecommunications Official sponsor note: The Chair of the Committee on <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Committee/1261/Detail">Commerce and Energy</a> at the request of the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-12 House of Representatives

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-02-05 House of Representatives

    Delivered to the Governor

  3. 2026-02-04 Senate

    Signed by the President

  4. 2026-02-03 House of Representatives

    Signed by the Speaker

  5. 2026-02-02 Senate

    Do Pass

  6. 2026-01-29 Senate Commerce and Energy

    Certified uncontested, placed on consent

  7. 2026-01-29 Senate Commerce and Energy

    Do Pass

  8. 2026-01-29 Senate Commerce and Energy

    Scheduled for hearing

  9. 2026-01-23 Senate

    First read in Senate and referred to Senate Commerce and Energy

  10. 2026-01-22 House of Representatives

    Do Pass

  11. 2026-01-21 House Commerce and Energy

    Certified uncontested, placed on consent

  12. 2026-01-21 House Commerce and Energy

    Do Pass

  13. 2026-01-21 House Commerce and Energy

    Scheduled for hearing

  14. 2026-01-13 House of Representatives

    First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy

Official Summary Text

repeal the creation and budgeting for the Digital Dakota Network.
Official keyword topics:
Executive/Judiciary Request
State Affairs and Government
Telecommunications
Official sponsor note: The Chair of the Committee on <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Committee/1261/Detail">Commerce and Energy</a> at the request of the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications

Current Bill Text

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26.671.10 101st Legislative Session 1054

2026 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1054
ENROLLED

AN ACT

ENTITLED An Act to repeal the creation and budgeting for the Digital Dakota
Network.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 1-26D-5 be AMENDED:
1-26D-5. The chief hearing examiner shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter
1-26, for the operation of the Office of Hearing Examiners and for the procedures to be
used with regard to hearing contested cases.
Section 2. That § 1-33-38 be AMENDED:
1-33-38. The head of the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications is the
commissioner of information and telecommunications.
The bureau is administered by the commissioner, who shall:
(1) Provide assistance, under the rules and regulations provided in this section, as
necessary for the performance of the official duties imposed upon the various
departments and divisions by this code;
(2) Employ staff and maintain facilities as necessary to operate a local government
services program that arranges or provides services for public corporations
pursuant to § 1-33-45;
(3) Create a telecommunications network that:
(a) Provides cost effective services for business, education, government, and
rural economic development; and
(b) Ensures network uses are consistent with the best interests of the state and
telecommunications network users; and
(4) Administer policies and promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, related to the
management, programming, and use of the state information network.
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Section 3. That § 1-33-26 be REPEALED.
Section 4. That § 1-33-30 be REPEALED.
Section 5. That § 1-33-32 be REPEALED.
Section 6. That § 1-33-35 be REPEALED.
Section 7. That § 1-33-36 be REPEALED.
Section 8. That § 1-33-59 be REPEALED.
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An Act to repeal the creation and budgeting for the Digital Dakota Network.

I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:

House as Bill No. 1054

Chief Clerk of the House

Speaker of the House

Attest:

Chief Clerk of the House

President of the Senate

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate

House Bill No. 1054
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________,

2026 at ____________M.

By
for the Governor

The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________, A.D., 2026

Governor

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________, 2026
at _________ o'clock __M.

Secretary of State

By
Asst. Secretary of State