South Dakota legislation · 101st Legislature (2026)
South Dakota SB45: revise a provision regulating delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, THC-O acetate, and hexahydrocannabinol for persons under the age of twenty-one and to provide a penalty therefor.
Status: Signed into law, March 30, 2026
What the bill says
An Act ENTITLED An Act to revise a provision regulating delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, THC-O acetate, and hexahydrocannabinol for persons under the age of twenty-one and to provide a penalty therefor.
From the enrolled text, March 4, 2026:
An Act ENTITLED An Act to revise a provision regulating delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, THC-O acetate, and hexahydrocannabinol for persons under the age of twenty-one and to provide a penalty therefor. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota: Section 1. That § 34-20B-117 be AMENDED: 34-20B-117. The following actions are unlawful: (1) To knowingly sell or distribute a product intended for human consumption containing delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, THC-O acetate, or hexahydrocannabinol to a person under the age of twenty-one, unless the substance was obtained directly or pursuant to a valid prescription or order from a practitioner, acting in the course of the practitioner's professional practice; (2) The purchase or attempt to purchase, the receipt or attempt to receive, the possession, or the consumption of, a product intended for human consumption containing delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, THC-O acetate, or hexahydrocannabinol by a person under the age of twenty-one, unless the substance was obtained directly or pursuant to a valid prescription or order from a practitioner, acting in the course of the practitioner's professional practice; and (3) To purchase a product intended for human consumption containing delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, THC-O acetate, or hexahydrocannabinol on behalf of, or to give a product intended for human consumption containing delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, THC-O acetate, or …
Sponsors
- Judiciary · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Signed by the Governor
- : Delivered to the Governor
- : Signed by the Speaker
- : Signed by the President
- : Do Pass Amended
- : Certified uncontested, placed on consent
- : Do Pass
- : Scheduled for hearing
- : Referred to Judiciary
- : First Reading House
Votes
- Do Pass Amended (March 3, 2026): 65 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do Pass (March 2, 2026): 12 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass Amended (January 22, 2026): 34 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do Pass Amended (January 20, 2026): 6 yea, 0 nay, passed
Subjects: Executive/Judiciary Request, Penalty, Public Health and Safety, Controlled Substances
Common questions
- What is SB45?
- SB45 is a bill in the South Dakota Legislature (101st Legislature (2026)): revise a provision regulating delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, THC-O acetate, and hexahydrocannabinol for persons under the age of twenty-one and to provide a penalty therefor.
- What does SB45 do?
- In its own words: An Act ENTITLED An Act to revise a provision regulating delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, THC-O acetate, and hexahydrocannabinol for persons under the age of twenty-one and to provide a penalty therefor.
- What is the status of SB45?
- Signed into law as of March 30, 2026. Latest action: Signed by the Governor (March 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB45?
- Judiciary.
- Where is the official record for SB45?
- On the South Dakota Legislature website: https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26759
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