---
type: "Bill"
title: "revise a provision regulating delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, THC-O acetate, and hexahydrocannabinol for persons under the age of twenty-one and to provide a penalty therefor."
description: "revise a provision regulating delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, THC-O acetate, and hexahydrocannabinol for persons under the age of twenty-one and to provide a penalty therefor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 45"
citation: "South Dakota SB 45 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Controlled Substances", "Executive/Judiciary Request", "Penalty", "Public Health and Safety"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6210eac-6919-475d-a586-e44377052672"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26759"
source_hash: "4bfd7e8498fed0c5aba509ac8d1e7b4eedb9c71fdd3f0ad89ee53b8e0b48dc1d"
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 45 (2026) — revise a provision regulating delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, THC-O acetate, and hexahydrocannabinol for persons under the age of twenty-one 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/26759/292845)
2. **45A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/295272.pdf)
3. **Senate Judiciary Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26759/295448)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26759/305983)

## Votes

- Do Pass — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 13 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-20** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-01-20** Judiciary Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 3 Amendment 45A `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-20** Judiciary Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0 S.J. 3
- **2026-01-20** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, S.J. 3
- **2026-01-22** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0 S.J. 83
- **2026-01-23** First Reading House H.J. 125
- **2026-01-26** Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 137 `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-02** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-02** Judiciary Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 12, NAYS 0 H.J. 31 `committee-passage`
- **2026-03-02** Certified uncontested, placed on consent , Passed, H.J. 31
- **2026-03-03** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 1 H.J. 486
- **2026-03-04** Signed by the President S.J. 470 `passage`
- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 530 `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-09 S.J. 488 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 S.J. 548 `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/b6210eac-6919-475d-a586-e44377052672`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).