---
type: "Bill"
title: "prohibit a practitioner from referring a patient to a medical cannabis clinic with which the practitioner or an immediate family member has a financial relationship and to provide a penalty therefor."
description: "prohibit a practitioner from referring a patient to a medical cannabis clinic with which the practitioner or an immediate family member has a financial relationship and to provide a penalty therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 11"
citation: "South Dakota SB 11 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes", "Health Care", "Medical Cannabis", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blare", "Crabtree", "DeGroot", "Diedrich", "Duba", "Emery", "Heermann", "Hunhoff", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Johnson", "Mehlhaff", "Moore", "Perry", "Pinnow", "Reimer", "Reisch", "Schaefbauer", "Schoenbeck", "Stevens", "Tobin", "Zikmund"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fc7338d-b54e-4a21-8994-797e46d4c797"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24939"
source_hash: "08f5ff80c85952c35afc2cced50b3a51329bbfc1c917b22f43ea4c6312a4321a"
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 11 (2024) — prohibit a practitioner from referring a patient to a medical cannabis clinic with which the practitioner or an immediate family member has a financial relationship and to provide 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/24939/257369)
2. **11A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/260012.pdf)
3. **Senate Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24939/260265)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24939/265957)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blare — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- DeGroot — primary (person)
- Diedrich — primary (person)
- Duba — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Heermann — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Reisch — primary (person)
- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Zikmund — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 19 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-17** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-17** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 11A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-17** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 5, NAYS 0
- **2024-01-17** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-01-19** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 33, NAYS 0 S.J. 119
- **2024-01-22** First read in House and referred to H.J. 145 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-01** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-01** Health and Human Services Deferred to another day , Passed,
- **2024-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-15** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-15** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed,
- **2024-02-20** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 68, NAYS 0 H.J. 355
- **2024-02-21** Signed by the President S.J. 380 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 382 `passage`
- **2024-02-23** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-23 S.J. 397 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-27** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-27 S.J. 422 `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/0fc7338d-b54e-4a21-8994-797e46d4c797`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).