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SB45 • 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.

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.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
The Chair of the Committee on <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Committee/1283/Detail">Judiciary</a> at the request of the Attorney General
Last action
2026-03-30
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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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.

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.

What This Bill Does

  • 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.
  • Official keyword topics: Controlled Substances Executive/Judiciary Request Penalty Public Health and Safety Official sponsor note: The Chair of the Committee on <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Committee/1283/Detail">Judiciary</a> at the request of the Attorney General

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Amendments

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Filed

Plain English: 45A 101st Legislative Session 45 2026 South Dakota Legislature Senate Bill 45 Introduced by: The Chair of the Committee on Judiciary at the request of the Attorney General Underscores indicate new language.

  • 45A 101st Legislative Session 45 2026 South Dakota Legislature Senate Bill 45 Introduced by: The Chair of the Committee on Judiciary at the request of the Attorney General Underscores indicate new language.
  • Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
  • AMENDMENT 45A FOR THE INTRODUCED BILL An Act to revise a provision regulating delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, THC-O acetate, 1 and hexahydrocannabinol for persons under the age of twenty -one and to 2 provide a penalty therefor.
  • 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 4 Section 1.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-30 Senate

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2026-03-09 Senate

    Delivered to the Governor

  3. 2026-03-05 House of Representatives

    Signed by the Speaker

  4. 2026-03-04 Senate

    Signed by the President

  5. 2026-03-03 House of Representatives

    Do Pass Amended

  6. 2026-03-02 House Judiciary

    Certified uncontested, placed on consent

  7. 2026-03-02 House Judiciary

    Do Pass

  8. 2026-03-02 House Judiciary

    Scheduled for hearing

  9. 2026-01-26 House of Representatives

    Referred to House Judiciary

  10. 2026-01-23 House of Representatives

    First Reading House

  11. 2026-01-22 Senate

    Do Pass Amended

  12. 2026-01-20 Senate Judiciary

    Certified uncontested, placed on consent

  13. 2026-01-20 Senate Judiciary

    Do Pass Amended

  14. 2026-01-20 Senate Judiciary

    Motion to amend

  15. 2026-01-20 Senate Judiciary

    Scheduled for hearing

  16. 2026-01-15 Senate Judiciary

    Scheduled for hearing

  17. 2026-01-13 Senate

    First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary

Official Summary Text

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.
Official keyword topics:
Controlled Substances
Executive/Judiciary Request
Penalty
Public Health and Safety
Official sponsor note: The Chair of the Committee on <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Session/Committee/1283/Detail">Judiciary</a> at the request of the Attorney General

Current Bill Text

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26.460.12 101st Legislative Session 45

2026 South Dakota Legislature
Senate Bill 45
ENROLLED

AN ACT

ENTITLED An Act to 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.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 34-20B-117 be AMENDED:
34-20B-117. The following actions are unlawful:
(1) To knowingly sell or distribute a product intended for human consumption
containing delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, THC-
O acetate, or hexahydrocannabinol to a person under the age of twenty-one, unless
the substance was obtained directly or pursuant to a valid prescription or order
from a practitioner, acting in the course of the practitioner's professional practice;
(2) The purchase or attempt to purchase, the receipt or attempt to receive, the
possession, or the consumption of, a product intended for human consumption
containing delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, THC-
O acetate, or hexahyd rocannabinol by a person under the age of twenty -one,
unless the substance was obtained directly or pursuant to a valid prescription or
order from a practitioner, acting in the course of the practitioner's professional
practice; and
(3) To purchase a product intended for human consumption containing delta -8
tetrahydrocannabinol, delta -9 tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, THC -O acetate, or
hexahydrocannabinol on behalf of, or to give a product intended for human
consumption containing delta -8 t etrahydrocannabinol, delta -9
tetrahydrocannabinolic acid, THC -O acetate, or hexahydrocannabinol to, any
person under the age of twenty-one, unless:
(a) The purchaser is a parent or guardian of the person under the age of
twenty-one; and
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(b) The substance was obtained directly or pursuant to a valid prescription or
order from a practitioner, acting in the course of the practitioner's
professional practice.
A violation of subdivision (1) is a Class 1 misdemeanor. A violation of subdivision
(2) or (3) is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
26.460.12 3 45
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An Act to 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.

I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:

Senate as Bill No. 45

Secretary of the Senate

President of the Senate

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate

Speaker of the House

Attest:

Chief Clerk of the House

Senate Bill No. 45
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________,

2026 at ____________M.

By
for the Governor

The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________, A.D., 2026

Governor

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________, 2026
at _________ o'clock __M.

Secretary of State

By
Asst. Secretary of State