---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit smoking and consuming marijuana and its derivatives in a motor vehicle and create a penalty therefor."
description: "prohibit smoking and consuming marijuana and its derivatives in a motor vehicle and create a penalty therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1061"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1061 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Crimes", "Marijuana", "Motor Vehicles", "Penalty"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chaffee", "Fitzgerald", "Frye-Mueller", "Gosch", "Greenfield (Brock)", "Greenfield (Lana)", "Hoffman", "Howard", "Jensen (Phil)", "Johnson (David)", "Otten (Ernie)", "Perry", "Rusch", "Stalzer", "Symens", "Weis", "Wiik", "York"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-01-15"
last_action: "2021-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b29a60ff-afbe-414d-a708-9b7085db3628"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21909"
source_hash: "4318c7ddcf02e4e363b851a6178d8c8f06738314c4a0d7ba88d4de1522628762"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sd"]
---

# South Dakota HB 1061 (2021) — prohibit smoking and consuming marijuana and its derivatives in a motor vehicle and create a penalty therefor.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21909/211469)
2. **1061B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/214805.pdf)
3. **1061G** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/216869.pdf)
4. **House Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21909/218046)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/21909/219741)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **61–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- Certified uncontested, placed on consent — **0–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Frye-Mueller — primary (person)
- Gosch — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Brock) — primary (person)
- Greenfield (Lana) — primary (person)
- Hoffman — primary (person)
- Howard — primary (person)
- Jensen (Phil) — primary (person)
- Johnson (David) — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Symens — primary (person)
- Weis — primary (person)
- Wiik — primary (person)
- York — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-15** First read in House and referred to H.J. 33 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-03** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 3 Amendment 1061B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-05** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-08** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-22** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-02-22** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, H.J. 1 Amendment 1061G `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-22** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 H.J. 1
- **2021-02-24** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 61, NAYS 6 H.J. 384
- **2021-02-25** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 350 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2021-03-03** Transportation Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2021-03-04** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 3 S.J. 418 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the President S.J. 450 `passage`
- **2021-03-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 527 `passage`
- **2021-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2021-03-09 H.J. 530 `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-29** Signed by the Governor on 2021-03-29 H.J. 570 `executive-signature, executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b29a60ff-afbe-414d-a708-9b7085db3628`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).