revise a provision related to unauthorized possession of a controlled drug or substance.

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revise a provision related to unauthorized possession of a controlled drug or substance.

revise a provision related to unauthorized possession of a controlled drug or substance.

What This Bill Does

• revise a provision related to unauthorized possession of a controlled drug or substance.
• Official keyword topics: Controlled Substances Crimes Official sponsor note: Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4733/Detail">Auch</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4737/Detail">Baxter</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4766/Detail">Hunt</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4770/Detail">Jensen (Phil)</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4789/Detail">Moore</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4816/Detail">Schaefbauer</a> and Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4794/Detail">Nelson</a> and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4800/Detail">Perry</a>

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Official Summary Text

revise a provision related to unauthorized possession of a controlled drug or substance.
Official keyword topics:
Controlled Substances
Crimes
Official sponsor note: Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4733/Detail">Auch</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4737/Detail">Baxter</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4766/Detail">Hunt</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4770/Detail">Jensen (Phil)</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4789/Detail">Moore</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4816/Detail">Schaefbauer</a> and Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4794/Detail">Nelson</a> and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4800/Detail">Perry</a>

Current Bill Text

26.655.10 101st Legislative Session 1115

2026 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1115

Introduced by: Representative Auch

Underscores indicate new language.
Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
An Act to revise a provision related to unauthorized possession of a controlled drug 1
or substance. 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3
Section 1. That § 22-42-5 be AMENDED: 4
22-42-5. No person may knowingly possess a controlled drug or substance unless 5
the substance was obtained directly or pursuant to a valid prescription or order from a 6
practitioner, while acting in the course of the practitioner's professional practice or except 7
as otherwise authorized by chapter 34-20B. A charge for unauthorized possession of 8
controlled substance when absorbed into the human body as set forth in subdivision 22-9
42-1(1) shall only be charged under the provisions of § 22-42-5.1. A violation of this 10
section for a substance in Schedules I or II is a Class 5 felony. A violation of this section 11
for a substance in Schedule III and IV is a Class 6 felony. 12