Commerce and Energy

modify the distribution of gaming revenues.

regulate the retail sale of nicotine products, and to provide a penalty therefor.

prevent virtual currency kiosk fraud.

regulate how broadband internet access service providers use customer data.

regulate how broadband internet access service providers use customer data.

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

clarify the procedure for a potential condemnor to examine real property absent the property owner's permission.

update provisions related to the permit application process for proposed energy and transmission facilities.

revise registration fees for drones and establish a fund to support drone aviation.

protect persons from discrimination by financial institutions.

provide that an alcoholic beverage may be carried and consumed in enterprises connected to and in the same building as a bar or lounge.

restrict the processing of online personal data of individuals sixteen years of age or younger.

limit the ability of a health carrier to recoup, recover, or retroactively deny previously paid claims.

prohibit natural asset companies.

require certain applicants that seek a permit from the Public Utilities Commission of the State of South Dakota to prepare and pay for an environmental impact statement.

require that certain facilities obtain conditional use permits from adjacent political subdivisions.

clarify documentation requirements for assistance animals in rental dwelling units.

protect financial institutions taking action to prevent the financial exploitation of consenting, senior, or vulnerable adults.

establish basic and advanced esthetics licenses, and to revise the licensure chapter for cosmetology, nail technology, and esthetics.

clarify authority for the Cosmetology Commission to credit work experience for educational hours for certain out-of-state licensure applicants, and to require the commission to promulgate rules therefor.

permit the state to invest in Bitcoin.

authorize the use of bingo games, lotteries, and pull-tab devices by booster clubs.

clarify documentation requirements for assistance animals in rental dwelling units.

clarify documentation requirements for assistance animals in rental dwelling units.

require certain applicants that seek a permit from the Public Utilities Commission of the State of South Dakota to prepare and pay for an environmental impact statement.

revise licensure provisions for electricians.

establish the state office of apprenticeship within the Department of Labor and Regulation.

modify provisions regarding directors serving on a farm mutual insurer’s board.

revise procedures for returning and withholding security deposits for residential premises.

revise provisions regarding notices to the one-call notification center.

allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities.

provide that a firearm silencer is not a controlled weapon.

revise and repeal provisions related to the athletic commission.

provide for the licensing of property data collectors and the registration of property data collection companies and to provide a penalty therefor.

require licensure for online pari-mutuel wagering pools for horse and dog races, and clarify the application of tax therefor.

prohibit an insurer from declining or limiting life, disability, or long-term care insurance policies based solely on an individual's status as a living organ donor.

require the acceptance of cash as payment in certain transactions.

encouraging the use of physical cash in transactions.

modify provisions related to the licensure of public accountants.

repeal the creation and budgeting for the Digital Dakota Network.

establish requirements for natural hair braiding provided for compensation.

update certain citations to federal regulations regarding pipeline safety inspections.

protect electric infrastructure in this state.