---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize certain employer actions regarding the use of cannabis by an employee or a prospective employee."
description: "authorize certain employer actions regarding the use of cannabis by an employee or a prospective employee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 12"
citation: "South Dakota SB 12 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor and Employment", "Liability", "Medical Cannabis", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aylward", "Bartels", "Blare", "Crabtree", "Deibert", "Deutsch", "Fitzgerald", "Gross", "Hunhoff", "Jensen (Kevin)", "Johnson", "Koth", "Krohmer", "Kull", "Massie", "Mehlhaff", "Mills", "Moore", "Mulally", "Novstrup", "Perry", "Pinnow", "Reimer", "Schaefbauer", "Schoenbeck", "Stalzer", "Tobin", "Weisgram"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 12
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-02-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90503b91-a930-4f86-a933-39da01292ee0"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24698"
source_hash: "456bc02733809b459695752fa6833c5ae8bcd39c97a62d8249a3a34e2695b0a0"
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 12 (2024) — authorize certain employer actions regarding the use of cannabis by an employee or a prospective employee.

## 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/24698/257370)
2. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24698/264681)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **58–7** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **9–1** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **32–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aylward — primary (person)
- Bartels — primary (person)
- Blare — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Deibert — primary (person)
- Deutsch — primary (person)
- Fitzgerald — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Hunhoff — primary (person)
- Jensen (Kevin) — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Koth — primary (person)
- Krohmer — primary (person)
- Kull — primary (person)
- Massie — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Mills — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mulally — primary (person)
- Novstrup — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pinnow — primary (person)
- Reimer — primary (person)
- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
- Schoenbeck — primary (person)
- Stalzer — primary (person)
- Tobin — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-09** First read in Senate and referred to S.J. 17 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-18** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-18** Commerce and Energy Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-01-19** Senate Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 32, NAYS 1 S.J. 120 `passage`
- **2024-01-22** First read in House and referred to H.J. 145 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-02** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 1 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-05** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 7 H.J. 254 `passage`
- **2024-02-06** Signed by the President S.J. 271 `passage`
- **2024-02-07** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 284 `passage`
- **2024-02-08** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-08 S.J. 285 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-02-15** Signed by the Governor on 2024-02-15 S.J. 332 `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/90503b91-a930-4f86-a933-39da01292ee0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).