---
type: "Bill"
title: "authorize counties and municipalities to issue a license for a cigar bar."
description: "authorize counties and municipalities to issue a license for a cigar bar."
jurisdiction: "us/states/sd"
legislature: "South Dakota Legislature"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1215"
citation: "South Dakota HB 1215 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Administrative Procedure", "Alcoholic Beverages", "Licensure", "Public Health and Safety", "Tobacco"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andera", "Arlint", "Crabtree", "Duffy", "Emery", "Goodwin", "Jordan", "Karr", "May", "Mehlhaff", "Moore", "Mortenson", "Muckey", "Nolz", "Overweg", "Perry", "Pischke", "Pourier", "Reed", "Roby", "Roe", "Schaefbauer", "Smith", "Weisgram", "Wipf"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-01-29"
last_action: "2026-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6260f3bf-b763-4e4d-9223-27c5c618be32"
source_url: "https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26396"
source_hash: "527ad8380e830cfebd331d04344f8f2e40fa771f71d4e1e7527e0b359819b937"
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 1215 (2026) — authorize counties and municipalities to issue a license for a cigar bar.

## 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/26396/299321)
2. **1215F** (committee substitute) — [source](https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/306158.pdf)
3. **Senate State Affairs Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26396/306258)
4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Bill/26396/306634)

## Votes

- Do Pass Amended — **28–6** (pass) · upper
- Concurred in amendments — **63–4** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass — **59–6** (pass) · lower
- Do Pass Amended — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- Do Pass — **11–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Andera — primary (person)
- Arlint — primary (person)
- Crabtree — primary (person)
- Duffy — primary (person)
- Emery — primary (person)
- Goodwin — primary (person)
- Jordan — primary (person)
- Karr — primary (person)
- May — primary (person)
- Mehlhaff — primary (person)
- Moore — primary (person)
- Mortenson — primary (person)
- Muckey — primary (person)
- Nolz — primary (person)
- Overweg — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Pischke — primary (person)
- Pourier — primary (person)
- Reed — primary (person)
- Roby — primary (person)
- Roe — primary (person)
- Schaefbauer — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Weisgram — primary (person)
- Wipf — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-29** First read in House and referred to House State Affairs H.J. 179 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-06** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-02-06** State Affairs Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 1 H.J. 14 `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-09** House of Representatives Do Pass , Passed, YEAS 59, NAYS 6 H.J. 266 `passage`
- **2026-02-10** First read in Senate and referred to Senate State Affairs S.J. 232 `introduction, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-03-04** Scheduled for hearing
- **2026-03-04** State Affairs Motion to amend , Passed, S.J. 39 Amendment 1215F `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2026-03-04** State Affairs Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 8, NAYS 1 S.J. 39
- **2026-03-09** Senate Do Pass Amended , Passed, YEAS 28, NAYS 6 S.J. 496
- **2026-03-10** House of Representatives Concurred in amendments , Passed, YEAS 63, NAYS 4 H.J. 548
- **2026-03-11** Signed by the Speaker H.J. 560 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Signed by the President S.J. 528 `passage`
- **2026-03-12** Delivered to the Governor on 2026-03-12 H.J. 574 `executive-receipt`
- **2026-03-30** Signed by the Governor on 2026-03-30 H.J. 578 `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/6260f3bf-b763-4e4d-9223-27c5c618be32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Dakota legislature records).