---
type: "Bill"
title: "legalize the growth, production, and transportation of industrial hemp in the state, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
description: "legalize the growth, production, and transportation of industrial hemp in the state, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1008"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1008 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agriculture and Horticulture", "Appropriation", "Emergency Clause", "Hoghouse", "Industrial Hemp", "Promulgation of Rules"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blare", "Bordeaux", "Foster", "Goodwin", "Gross", "Klumb", "Lesmeister", "Nesiba", "Qualm"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/439ea192-d582-400b-adec-05f8d58e8ee8"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?Bill=1008&Session=2020"
source_hash: "8ad9fb05489ddf5d0941c600c2804dd8860dbfdaa91293c185df69a99007aa44"
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 HB 1008 (2020) — legalize the growth, production, and transportation of industrial hemp in the state, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

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

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1008P.html&Session=2020&Version=Introduced&Bill=1008)
2. **Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1008CNF.html&Session=2020&Version=Conference Committee&Bill=1008)
3. **House Agriculture and Natural Resources** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1008HAG.html&Session=2020&Version=House Agriculture and Natural Resources&Bill=1008)
4. **Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1008S.html&Session=2020&Version=Senate&Bill=1008)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislative_Session/Bills/Bill.aspx?File=HB1008ENR.html&Session=2020&Version=Enrolled&Bill=1008)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **25–9** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **54–12** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended - 2020 — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2020 — **30–3** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass - 2020 — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Conference Committee Report adopted - 2020 — **58–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blare — primary (person)
- Bordeaux — primary (person)
- Foster — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Gross — primary (person)
- Klumb — primary (person)
- Lesmeister — primary (person)
- Nesiba — primary (person)
- Qualm — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** First Reading House H.J. 11
- **2020-01-16** Referred to House Agriculture and Natural Resources H.J. 27 `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-30** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-06** Agriculture and Natural Resources Motion to amend, Passed Amendment 1008B `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2020-02-06** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-10** House of Representatives Deferred to another day, Passed H.J. 249
- **2020-02-11** House of Representatives Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 54, NAYS 12. H.J. 260 `passage`
- **2020-02-12** First read in Senate and referred to Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources S.J. 205 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Scheduled for hearing
- **2020-02-25** Agriculture and Natural Resources Do Pass, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 0. `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-26** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 353
- **2020-03-05** Senate Deferred to another day, Passed S.J. 436
- **2020-03-09** Senate Motion to amend, Passed S.J. 467 Amendment 1008H
- **2020-03-09** Senate Do Pass Amended, Passed, YEAS 25, NAYS 9. S.J. 467 `passage`
- **2020-03-10** House of Representatives Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee, Passed H.J. 544
- **2020-03-10** House of Representatives Conference Committee appointments H.J. 542
- **2020-03-11** Senate Conference Committee appointments S.J. 486
- **2020-03-12** House of Representatives Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 58, NAYS 9. H.J. 595
- **2020-03-12** Senate Conference Committee Report adopted, Passed, YEAS 30, NAYS 3. S.J. 551
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 620
- **2020-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on March 12, 2020 `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 552
- **2020-03-30** Signed by the Governor on March 27, 2020 H.J. 630 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/439ea192-d582-400b-adec-05f8d58e8ee8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).