---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the definition of practitioner for purposes of the medical cannabis program."
description: "revise the definition of practitioner for purposes of the medical cannabis program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 26"
citation: "South Dakota SB 26 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marijuana", "Medical Cannabis"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Bordeaux", "Breitling", "Chaffee", "Derby", "Duba", "Finck", "Fitzgerald", "Goodwin", "Heinert", "Otten (Ernie)", "Perry", "Rehfeldt", "Rohl", "Smith (V. J.)", "Wheeler", "Willadsen"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f532dd6-1551-46b7-b505-634f0a08f7ad"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22810"
source_hash: "21489086e4d77049c1b8fbbe375f5e3a9c5a1dff3c488b0c7dc2f8344d9768fd"
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 26 (2022) — revise the definition of practitioner for purposes of the medical cannabis program.

## Version chain

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

1. **26A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/226943.pdf)
2. **26B** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/235075.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **30–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **52–17** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **26–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion to amend — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **10–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Breitling — primary (person)
- Chaffee — primary (person)
- Derby — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Finck — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Smith (V. J.) — primary (person)
- Wheeler — 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`
- **2022-01-21** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-21** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 Amendment 26A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-21** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0
- **2022-01-25** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 4 S.J. 108
- **2022-01-26** First Reading House H.J. 129
- **2022-02-15** Referred to H.J. 325 `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-03-01** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 26B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-01** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 3
- **2022-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 52, NAYS 17 H.J. 578
- **2022-03-08** Senate Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 26, NAYS 1 S.J. 486
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President S.J. 509 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 684 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-03-10 S.J. 539 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by the Governor on 2022-03-28 S.J. 543 `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/5f532dd6-1551-46b7-b505-634f0a08f7ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).