About
Tim Reed earned a B.S. in economics and computer science from South Dakota State University in 1988. Reed's career experience includes working as the CEO and chief economic development officer of the Brookings Economic Development Corporation and the development director of the South Dakota State University Foundation. He has served as the advisory board chairman of the Center for the Prevention of Child Maltreatment, the president of the Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board, and the mayor of Brookings, South Dakota.
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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.
protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.
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.
provide a sales and use tax exemption for goods and services related to data center operations.