---
type: "Bill"
title: "modify provisions related to medical cannabis."
description: "modify provisions related to medical cannabis."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2024"
identifier: "SB 42"
citation: "South Dakota SB 42 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Confidential Information", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Health Care", "Medical Cannabis", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 15
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fe9e0ca-6e6f-413e-828b-e65d4a69c908"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24805"
source_hash: "cf701b5787dcd1f72edc19fe820e505312a8a3a9f7e00c305f2e73db4830f53c"
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 42 (2024) — modify provisions related to medical cannabis.

## 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/24805/258081)
2. **42A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/259240.pdf)
3. **Senate Health and Human Services Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24805/259602)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/24805/266263)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **57–12** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **29–4** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **10–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Health and Human Services — primary (organization)

## 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`
- **2024-01-12** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-01-12** Health and Human Services Motion to amend , Passed, Amendment 42A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2024-01-12** Health and Human Services Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 1
- **2024-01-17** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 29, NAYS 4 S.J. 99
- **2024-01-18** First read in House and referred to H.J. 85 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2024-02-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2024-02-15** Health and Human Services Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 10, NAYS 2 `committee-passage`
- **2024-02-20** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 362
- **2024-02-21** House of Representatives Deferred to another day , Passed, H.J. 369
- **2024-02-22** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 57, NAYS 12 H.J. 378
- **2024-02-23** Signed by the President S.J. 405 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 407 `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Delivered to the Governor on 2024-02-27 S.J. 422 `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-05** Signed by the Governor on 2024-03-05 S.J. 482 `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/2fe9e0ca-6e6f-413e-828b-e65d4a69c908`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).