---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the definition of bona fide practitioner-patient relationship."
description: "revise the definition of bona fide practitioner-patient relationship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 23"
citation: "South Dakota SB 23 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marijuana", "Medical Cannabis"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Chaffee", "Derby", "Deutsch", "Duba", "Duhamel", "Finck", "Fitzgerald", "Goodwin", "Milstead", "Mulally", "Otten (Ernie)", "Perry", "Rehfeldt", "Rusch", "Smith (V. J.)", "Stalzer", "Wiese", "Willadsen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/830125ba-8ef8-4d2a-881a-05a82c53bb19"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22775"
source_hash: "8c062855019eced51b1fb2091c7cf9695d768525a813bc24d75647eead7f5873"
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 SB 23 (2022) — revise the definition of bona fide practitioner-patient relationship.

## Version chain

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

1. **23C** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/227992.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **31–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **55–11** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Derby — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Duhamel — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Milstead — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Rusch — primary (person)
- Smith (V. J.) — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Wiese — primary (person)
- Willadsen — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 12 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-19** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 23C `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-19** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1
- **2022-01-24** Senate Deferred to another day , Passed, S.J. 94
- **2022-01-25** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 31, NAYS 3 S.J. 106
- **2022-01-26** First Reading House H.J. 129
- **2022-02-15** Referred to H.J. 325 `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-24** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 3 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-25** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 55, NAYS 11 H.J. 482
- **2022-02-28** Signed by the President S.J. 416 `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 509 `passage`
- **2022-03-02** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-02 S.J. 435 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-09 S.J. 494 `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/830125ba-8ef8-4d2a-881a-05a82c53bb19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).