---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise provisions related to a written certification for the medical use of cannabis."
description: "revise provisions related to a written certification for the medical use of cannabis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 4"
citation: "South Dakota SB 4 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Marijuana", "Medical Cannabis"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bartels", "Bordeaux", "Breitling", "Chaffee", "Derby", "Deutsch", "Duba", "Duhamel", "Finck", "Fitzgerald", "Goodwin", "Heinert", "Milstead", "Otten (Ernie)", "Perry", "Rehfeldt", "Rohl", "Smith (V. J.)", "Stalzer", "Wheeler", "Wiese", "Willadsen"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d24dd15-764a-4604-ad52-aac871f60cbe"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22699"
source_hash: "909f5bad0a9dab34ba6aed22141ba5c35e5fcace9265a46adada8f4484d70758"
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 4 (2022) — revise provisions related to a written certification for the medical use of cannabis.

## Version chain

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

1. **4A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/227284.pdf)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **34–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bartels — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Breitling — 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)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Milstead — primary (person)
- Otten (Ernie) — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Rehfeldt — primary (person)
- Rohl — primary (person)
- Smith (V. J.) — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Wheeler — 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`
- **2022-01-14** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-19** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-01-19** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 1 Amendment 4A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-19** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1
- **2022-01-19** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2022-01-24** Remove from Consent Calendar S.J. 95
- **2022-01-25** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 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 11, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-02-25** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 2 H.J. 479 `passage`
- **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/2d24dd15-764a-4604-ad52-aac871f60cbe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).