prohibit the sale of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol products to individuals under the age of twenty-one.

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prohibit the sale of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol products to individuals under the age of twenty-one.

prohibit the sale of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol products to individuals under the age of twenty-one.

What This Bill Does

• prohibit the sale of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol products to individuals under the age of twenty-one.
• Official keyword topics: Controlled Substances Penalty Public Health and Safety Official sponsor note: Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4827/Detail">Vilhauer</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4745/Detail">Deibert</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4769/Detail">Jensen (Kevin)</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4781/Detail">Larson</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4788/Detail">Miskimins</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4800/Detail">Perry</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4807/Detail">Reed</a> and Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4813/Detail">Roe</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4750/Detail">Fitzgerald</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4761/Detail">Heinemann</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4778/Detail">Kull</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4789/Detail">Moore</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4796/Detail">Novstrup</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4812/Detail">Roby</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4830/Detail">Walburg</a>

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Official Summary Text

prohibit the sale of delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol products to individuals under the age of twenty-one.
Official keyword topics:
Controlled Substances
Penalty
Public Health and Safety
Official sponsor note: Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4827/Detail">Vilhauer</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4745/Detail">Deibert</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4769/Detail">Jensen (Kevin)</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4781/Detail">Larson</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4788/Detail">Miskimins</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4800/Detail">Perry</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4807/Detail">Reed</a> and Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4813/Detail">Roe</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4750/Detail">Fitzgerald</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4761/Detail">Heinemann</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4778/Detail">Kull</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4789/Detail">Moore</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4796/Detail">Novstrup</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4812/Detail">Roby</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4830/Detail">Walburg</a>

Current Bill Text

26.610.9 101st Legislative Session 80

2026 South Dakota Legislature
Senate Bill 80

Introduced by: Senator Vilhauer

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An Act to prohibit the sale of delta -9 tetrahydrocannabinol products to individuals 1
under the age of twenty-one. 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3
Section 1. That § 34-20B-117 be AMENDED: 4
34-20B-117. The following actions are unlawful: 5
(1) To knowingly sell or distribute a product intended for human consumption 6
containing delta -8 tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, THC-O 7
acetate, or hexahydrocannabinol to a person under the age of twenty-one; 8
(2) The purchase or attempt to purchase, the receipt or attempt to receive, the 9
possession, or the consumption of, a product intended for human consumption 10
containing delta -8 tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, THC-O 11
acetate, or hexahydrocannabinol to a person under the age of twenty-one; and 12
(3) To purchase a product intended for human consumption containing delta -8 13
tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, THC-O acetate, or 14
hexahydrocannabinol on behalf of, or to give a product intended for human 15
consumption containing delta -8 tetrahydrocannabinol, delta-9 16
tetrahydrocannabinol, THC-O acetate, or hexahydrocannabinol to, any person 17
under the age of twenty -one, unless the purchaser is a parent or guardian of the 18
person under the age of twenty-one. 19
A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. 20