Last updated: Oct. 27, 2026. No 2027 bills have been filed yet. Prefiling opens Dec. 13, 2026, and the session opens Jan. 12, 2027.
This tracker follows cannabis-related legislation for South Dakota’s 2027 legislative session. It covers medical cannabis, hemp and hemp-derived THC, and related drug-scheduling bills. Bills will be added as they are prefiled or introduced, each with its sponsor, a plain-English summary, its status and a link to the official bill page. Until then, this page lists the key dates and the interim committee activity identified so far.
Key dates
| Date | What happens |
|---|---|
| Dec. 13, 2026 | Prefiling window opens (computed from SDCL 2-7-4). Dec. 13 is a Sunday, so the first business day for filing is likely Monday, Dec. 14. |
| Jan. 12, 2027 | Session opens at noon CT; State of the State address, 1 p.m. |
| Jan. 26, 2027 | Bill and resolution draft requests due to LRC by 5 p.m. (for unlimited introduction) |
| Jan. 28, 2027 | Last day for unlimited bill and resolution introduction (Joint Rule 6B-3) |
| Feb. 1, 2027 | All bill and resolution draft requests due to LRC by 5 p.m. |
| Feb. 2, 2027 | Committee bill and resolution draft requests due to LRC by 5 p.m. |
| Feb. 3, 2027 | Last day to introduce individual bills and resolutions |
| Feb. 4, 2027 | Last day to introduce committee bills and resolutions |
| Feb. 23, 2027 | Crossover Day: last day to pass bills or joint resolutions in the house of origin |
| March 8, 2027 | Last day for a bill or joint resolution to pass both houses |
| March 30, 2027 | Reserved for consideration of gubernatorial vetoes (Legislative Day 38) |
Session dates come from the 2027 session calendar posted by the Legislative Research Council (LRC).1 The posted PDF leaves its “Adopted” line blank, so check the LRC for changes. Jan. 12 is the second Tuesday of January, the day the state constitution sets for the Legislature to convene.3 The Dec. 13 prefiling date is WeedPress’s calculation, counting 30 days back from the Jan. 12 opening under SDCL 2-7-4.2
Prefiling and draft requests
Under SDCL 2-7-4, anyone elected or appointed to serve in a regular session may file bills and resolutions with the LRC during the 30 days before the session convenes. Interim committees of the LRC may also prefile.2 Draft requests for unlimited introduction are due to the LRC by 5 p.m. Jan. 26, 2027, and all draft requests are due Feb. 1. The last day to introduce individual bills is Feb. 3.1 Drafts become public only when a bill is filed, so this page will list a draft only after it is filed or a committee publishes it.
As of Oct. 27, 2026, the Legislature’s bill system does not yet list a 2027 session; the latest regular session it lists is 2026, so no 2027 prefiled bills appear there.4
Interim committee items headed to session
Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee (2026 interim). The Oct. 13 agenda lists the members as Reps. Josephine Garcia, chair, and Bobbi Andera; Sens. John Carley, vice chair, and Lauren Nelson; and nonlegislator members Francine Arneson, Julie Bostic, Kasey Entwisle, Kristi Palmer, Andrew Schock, Jon Thum and Pat West.5 The committee met Aug. 17 and Oct. 13, 2026; minutes are posted for Aug. 17, and SDPB audio is posted for Oct. 13.6, 8 As of Oct. 27, no draft bill or formal recommendation for 2027 has been posted to the committee’s record. Minutes of the Oct. 13 meeting are not yet posted, and the most recent document in the record is dated Oct. 19. No further meeting is listed.7
Unofficial: WeedPress made a machine-generated transcript of the SDPB audio of the Oct. 13 meeting. According to that unofficial transcript, the agenda’s “Committee Discussion and Directives” segment consisted of member comments, including a suggestion to create a task force, and the meeting adjourned without a vote on draft legislation. This is not an official record. WeedPress will check it against the official minutes once they are posted.8
Attorney General Official Opinion No. 26-06 (Oct. 6, 2026). Requested by MMOC members and filed as a handout at the Oct. 13 meeting. Its answer, in full: “Because current Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) administrative rules permit state medical-marijuana facilities to continue operating with proper federal and state registration, the federal rescheduling of marijuana will likely have a negligible impact on South Dakota’s medical-marijuana program.”9
Committee-approved draft bills: none found as of Oct. 27, 2026.
2027 bills
| Bill | Sponsor | Plain-English summary | Status | Next step | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No 2027 cannabis-related bills have been filed yet. Prefiling opens Dec. 13, 2026. Bills will appear here with links to their official pages at sdlegislature.gov. | |||||
2026 bills that could return (context)
Of these 2026 cannabis-related bills, only SB 39 and SB 45 became law; the governor signed both. Bills like the others could be filed again for 2027. Final outcomes are from the Legislature’s action logs.10
| Bill (2026) | What it would have done | How it ended |
|---|---|---|
| SB 61 | Ban hemp-derived intoxicants not for medical purposes | Senate motion to place on calendar failed, 14–19 (Jan. 22, 2026) (roll call) |
| SB 194 | Limit potency of products sold at medical cannabis dispensaries | Deferred to the 41st legislative day, Senate Health and Human Services, 6–1 (Feb. 11, 2026) (roll call) |
| SB 181 | Repeal the medical cannabis chapter upon federal rescheduling | Deferred to the 41st legislative day, Senate Health and Human Services, 7–0 (Feb. 11, 2026) (roll call) |
| SB 143 | Require an annual Department of Health report on public health effects of cannabis use | Deferred to the 41st legislative day, Senate Health and Human Services, 6–1 (Feb. 4, 2026) (roll call) |
| SB 95 | Require a cardholder to provide a card or card number on request of a law enforcement officer | Withdrawn at the request of the prime sponsor (Jan. 28, 2026) |
| SB 80 | Prohibit the sale of delta-9 THC products to people under 21 | Withdrawn at the request of the prime sponsor (Jan. 21, 2026) |
| HB 1065 | Revise the medical-purpose affirmative defense in cannabis prosecutions | Passed House 53–13; deferred to the 41st legislative day, Senate Health and Human Services, 4–3 (March 2, 2026) (roll call) |
| HB 1160 | Repeal the Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee | Passed House 41–26; failed in the Senate, 15–19 (March 9, 2026) (roll call) |
| HB 1053 | Require terminal care facilities to allow terminally ill patients to use medical cannabis | Deferred to the 41st legislative day, House Health and Human Services, 12–1 (Jan. 22, 2026) (roll call) |
| HB 1211 | Create a digital registry identification card for medical cannabis patients | Tabled, House Health and Human Services, 13–0 (Feb. 17, 2026) (roll call) |
| HB 1255 | Require the Department of Health to accept a veteran’s medical records for a medical cannabis application | Deferred to the 41st legislative day, House Military and Veterans Affairs, 10–1 (Feb. 19, 2026) (roll call) |
| SB 39 | Revise provisions relating to industrial hemp | Signed by the governor (March 30, 2026) |
| SB 45 | Revise a provision regulating delta-8 THC, THC-O acetate and HHC for persons under 21 | Signed by the governor (March 30, 2026) |
Recorded floor votes by each 2026 legislator on selected medical cannabis bills are in the South Dakota Legislator Cannabis Scorecard.
Sources
- S.D. Legis. Rsch. Council, 102nd South Dakota Legislative Session Calendar 2027 (PDF metadata creation date Mar. 5, 2026), https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/SessionCalendar/306418.pdf?Year=2026.
- S.D. Codified Laws § 2-7-4, https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes/2-7-4.
- S.D. Const. art. III, § 7, https://sdlegislature.gov/Constitution/3-7.
- S.D. Legis. Rsch. Council, Sessions (API), https://sdlegislature.gov/api/Sessions (last visited Oct. 27, 2026).
- Agenda, Medical Marijuana Oversight Comm., 2026 Interim (S.D. Oct. 13, 2026), https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/307903.pdf.
- Minutes, Medical Marijuana Oversight Comm., 2026 Interim (S.D. Aug. 17, 2026), https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/307282.pdf.
- S.D. Legis. Rsch. Council, Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee, Hearing Documents (2026 Interim), https://sdlegislature.gov/Interim/Committee/501/HearingDocuments (last visited Oct. 27, 2026).
- Medical Marijuana Oversight Comm., 2026 Interim (S.D. Oct. 13, 2026) (SDPB audio; WeedPress unofficial transcript, approx. 4:39:27–5:06:13), https://sdpb.sd.gov/sdpbpodcast/2026/interim/mmo10132026.mp3.
- S.D. Att’y Gen. Official Op. No. 26-06 (Oct. 6, 2026) (filed as MMOC handout), https://mylrc.sdlegislature.gov/api/Documents/308377.pdf.
- S.D. Legis. Rsch. Council, bill pages and action logs, 101st Leg. Sess. (S.D. 2026): SB 61; SB 194; SB 181; SB 143; SB 95; SB 80; HB 1065; HB 1160; HB 1053; HB 1211; HB 1255; SB 39; SB 45.
