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Keri K. Weems

State House · District 11

Keri K. Weems

Republican
50%House

Pro-resident voting record on data center bills

Sided with residents on 50% of votes across 11 data center bills.

Note

Received PAC contributions from Applied Digital Corporation who lobbied in Pierre through Nick Phillips (VP of external affairs) & OttertailCorp PAC for 50 year tax breaks for data centers and against all resident protections. Also received contributions from SD Action Committee for Rural Electrification (ACRE PAC), MidAmerican Energy Company, & South Dakota Public Power PAC, Several energy companies lobbied in Pierre for tax breaks for data centers this past legislative session.

Voting record

On 2026-session data center bills · House record

HB 1038Voted For

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

HB 1246Voted Against

prohibit nondisclosure of certain agreements related to data centers.

SB 135Voted For

protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.

HB 1005Co-Sponsor

provide a sales and use tax exemption for goods and services related to data center operations.

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