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HB1284 • 2026

provide that an alcoholic beverage may be carried and consumed in enterprises connected to and in the same building as a bar or lounge.

provide that an alcoholic beverage may be carried and consumed in enterprises connected to and in the same building as a bar or lounge.

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Sponsor
Weisgram
Last action
2026-02-20
Official status
Tabled
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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provide that an alcoholic beverage may be carried and consumed in enterprises connected to and in the same building as a bar or lounge.

provide that an alcoholic beverage may be carried and consumed in enterprises connected to and in the same building as a bar or lounge.

What This Bill Does

  • provide that an alcoholic beverage may be carried and consumed in enterprises connected to and in the same building as a bar or lounge.
  • Official keyword topics: Alcoholic Beverages Official sponsor note: Representative <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4832/Detail">Weisgram</a> (prime)

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-20 House Commerce and Energy

    Scheduled for hearing

  2. 2026-02-20 House Commerce and Energy

    Tabled

  3. 2026-02-04 House of Representatives

    First read in House and referred to House Commerce and Energy

Official Summary Text

provide that an alcoholic beverage may be carried and consumed in enterprises connected to and in the same building as a bar or lounge.
Official keyword topics:
Alcoholic Beverages
Official sponsor note: Representative <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4832/Detail">Weisgram</a> (prime)

Current Bill Text

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26.896.12 101st Legislative Session 1284

2026 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1284

Introduced by: Representative Weisgram

Underscores indicate new language.
Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
An Act to provide that an alcoholic beverage may be carried and consumed in 1
enterprises connected to and in the same building as a bar or lounge. 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3
Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 35-4: 4
An individual may carry and consume an alcoholic beverage purchased in a bar or 5
lounge, as described in § 42-7A-37.1, in any other connected enterprise, owned or 6
operated by the same person, within the same building. 7