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Updated August 16, 2026

South Dakota: US state profile

A snapshot of AI governance activity in South Dakota: tracked legislation, enforcement actions, federal political money, and the labor baseline. Ask AGIS for the cross-referenced detail behind any of it.

Labor baseline

Union membership rate: 2.3% (2025). Covered by a union contract: 3.1%.

2025 annual estimates are 11-month averages excluding October; October 2025 data not collected due to the federal government shutdown. Not strictly comparable with other annual averages. Source.

Legislation

38 AI-related documents tracked.

• ### § 154.157 PERMITTED SPECIAL USES. (lincolncounty County, SD) enacted
• ## § 154.177 PERMITTED SPECIAL USES. (lincolncounty County, SD) enacted
• ### (A) Subarea A. (lincolncounty County, SD) enacted
• ## § 154.251 TEMPORARY USES. (lincolncounty County, SD) enacted
• ### § 154.285 EXCEPTIONS. (lincolncounty County, SD) enacted
• ## § 155.146 ACCESSORY BUILDING AND USES. (lincolncounty County, SD) enacted
• ## § 155.211 TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWERS AND ANTENNA SUPPORT STRUCTURES. (lincolncounty County, SD) enacted
• ## OTHER FEES (lincolncounty County, SD) enacted
• ## § 154.021 DEFINITIONS. (lincolncounty County, SD) enacted
• ## § 154.058 CONDITIONAL USES. (lincolncounty County, SD) enacted
• # § 154.118 CONDITIONAL USES. (lincolncounty County, SD) enacted
• ## § 154.137 PERMITTED SPECIAL USES. (lincolncounty County, SD) enacted
• SD HB1106: Provide for the security and privacy of certain personally identifiable information for judicial officers and to declare an emergency. enacted
  Government: judicial and law enforcementPrivacySecurity
• South Dakota AI/Privacy Policy proposed
  Governance developmentGovernment study or reportPrivacy
• Modify provisions pertaining to the purchasing of goods and services related to data center operations. proposed
  Data centersEnergy and utilities
• Limit nuisances caused by data centers. proposed
  Data centersEnergy and utilities
• SD HB1246: Prohibit nondisclosure of certain agreements related to data centers. proposed
  Data centersEnergy and utilities
• Impose a one-year moratorium on the construction or expansion of hyperscale data centers. proposed
  ConstructionData centersEnergy and utilities
• SD HB1198: Require that certain facilities obtain conditional use permits from adjacent political subdivisions. proposed
  Energy and utilities
• SD SB239: 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. proposed
  Energy and utilities
• Protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers. enacted
  Data centersEnergy and utilities
• Limit costs and risks associated with electricity use by data centers and impose a moratorium. proposed
  ConstructionData centersEnergy and utilities
• 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. proposed
  Data centersEnergy and utilities
• Allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities. enacted
  Data centersEnergy and utilitiesGovernment study or report
• SD SB128: Update provisions related to certain large-use customers of utilities. proposed
  Energy and utilities
• Provide a sales and use tax exemption for goods and services related to data center operations. proposed
  Data centersEnergy and utilitiesSubsidies
• SD SB177: Provide a sales and use tax refund for goods and services related to data center operations. proposed
  Data centersEnergy and utilities
• Restrict the use of artificial intelligence in therapy and psychotherapy services and to provide a penalty therefor. proposed
  Fines
• SD SB96: Prohibit the use of a deepfake to influence an election and to provide a penalty therefor. proposed
  Arts, sports, leisure, travel, and lifestyleDetrimental contentDisclosure: About inputsFinesInput controls: Data useTransparency
• SD SB107: Prohibit the dissemination of materially deceptive media without disclosure and to provide a penalty therefor. proposed
  Broadcasting and media productionFinancial lossFinesSecurity: DisseminationTransparency
• SD HB1065: Revise drone surveillance protections. enacted
  Government: judicial and law enforcementGovernment: military and public safetyPrivacyViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• Require the provision of a notice to consumers, interacting with certain chatbots or other human-simulating computer technologies that could mislead or deceive the consumer. proposed
  Disclosure: Of AI useTransparency
• Regulate the use of chatbots by minors. proposed
  Children and minorsConsumer goodsSafetyViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• SD SB185: Regulate the use of facial recognition technology. proposed
  Government: judicial and law enforcementViolation of civil or human rights, including privacy
• SD SB164: Prohibit the use of a deepfake to influence an election and to provide a penalty therefor. enacted
  Arts, sports, leisure, travel, and lifestyleDetrimental contentDisclosure: About inputsFinesInput controls: Data useTransparency
• SD SB169: Place requirements on the use of artificial intelligence systems by health carriers in making determinations about the provision of health care services. proposed
  FinanceMedicine, life sciences and public health
• Create a taskforce to study the impact of artificial intelligence systems on the state. proposed
  Government study or report
• South Dakota SB 79 (Child Pornography) enacted
  Children and minors

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Enforcement

No enforcement actions recorded for South Dakota. When a state attorney general, a federal agency, or a court takes an action involving an AI system here, it will be listed with the respondent, outcome, and any penalty.

Money

$220 in tracked political contributions across 5 records.

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