---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise the definition of a designated caregiver."
description: "revise the definition of a designated caregiver."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 9"
citation: "South Dakota SB 9 (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", "Rusch", "Smith (V. J.)", "Stalzer", "Wheeler", "Wiese", "Willadsen"]
version_count: 0
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1819c360-e535-463a-b092-9f3c58b6ce53"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/22720"
source_hash: "55a830de093270fa6d739a39f8724a78a2b6a57e3904a0bfdce586edfe00e001"
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 9 (2022) — revise the definition of a designated caregiver.

## Version chain

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


## Votes

- Do Pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **64–0** (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)
- Rusch — 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 Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 7, NAYS 0 S.J. 1 `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-19** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 1
- **2022-01-21** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 27, NAYS 5 S.J. 91 `passage`
- **2022-01-24** First read in House and referred to H.J. 105 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Scheduled for hearing
- **2022-02-03** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 13, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-03** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2022-02-04** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 64, NAYS 0 H.J. 212 `passage`
- **2022-02-07** Signed by the President S.J. 200 `passage`
- **2022-02-08** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 240 `passage`
- **2022-02-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2022-02-09 S.J. 221 `executive-receipt`
- **2022-02-15** Signed by the Governor on 2022-02-15 S.J. 250 `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/1819c360-e535-463a-b092-9f3c58b6ce53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).