Voting record
On 2026-session data center bills · Senate record
allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities.
limit nuisances caused by data centers.
update provisions related to certain large-use customers of utilities.
protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.
impose a one-year moratorium on the construction or expansion of hyperscale data centers.
modify provisions pertaining to the purchasing of goods and services related to data center operations.
protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers, to clarify authority to regulate data centers, and to modify provisions pertaining to the purchasing of goods and services by a data center.
modify provisions relating to the reinvestment payment program, and relating to the purchasing of goods and services used by projects approved for the reinvestment payment program.
protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.
Campaign money
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Chris Karr For South Dakota
Every itemised contribution on file (39)›
| Land & Legacy | $10,000 |
| SPL PAC | $2,000 |
| South Dakota Realtors Political Action Committee | $2,000 |
| South Dakota Realtors Political Action Committee | $2,000 |
| william Ingram | $1,000 |
| J M Lampeyre | $1,000 |
| Kathy Sullivan | $1,000 |
| Nathan Schema | $1,000 |
| Senate Republican Campaign Committee | $1,000 |
| Kathy Sullivan | $1,000 |
| Steve Watkins | $1,000 |
| Deadwood Tourism PAC | $1,000 |
| (UNITEMIZED - gifts of $100 or less; no donor names required by SDCL 12-27-24(11)) | $700 |
| Evelyn Pederson | $500 |
| Joel Dykstra | $500 |
| Schafersman Finanical | $500 |
| South Dakota Association Of Healthcare Organizations Political Action Committee | $500 |
| SDTC Companies PAC | $500 |
| bnsf Railpac PO Box 961039 Fort Worth, TX 76161 FEC | $500 |
| Rich Burns | $500 |
| Zach Neugebauer | $500 |
| BNSF Lou Menk Drive Fort Worth, TX 76131 FEC.gov | $500 |
| Marty Overweg for South Dakota | $300 |
| tim Haight | $250 |
| Randy Eide | $250 |
| Mark Scharnberg | $250 |
| Milstead for Sheriff | $250 |
| Jason Williams | $200 |
| South Dakota Pork Producers PAC | $200 |
| Tim Dougherty | $200 |
| Roger Risty | $200 |
| Rick Stauffacher | $200 |
| Mike Milstead | $150 |
| ryan soukup | $100 |
| South Dakota Hy-Vee Political Action Committee | $100 |
| Tourism Coalition of South Dakota PAC | $100 |
| Young Republican | $100 |
| SD Chapter American Concrete Pavement | $100 |
| milstead for Sheriff | $100 |
Collected via SOS portal pull, Aug 2026. Contributor names appear exactly as the committee filed them. Donor addresses are not published.
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