UPDATE MARCH 2, 2022:
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A bipartisan group of South Dakota House lawmakers is mounting a last-ditch effort to resurrect a proposal to legalize recreational marijuana. The bill had passed the Senate, but was dismissed by a House committee Monday (Feb. 28, 2022). The proposal was resurrected by 26 House lawmakers on the House floor. But pot legalization advocates were still scrambling to find at least 10 more legislators willing to get behind the proposal by Wednesday. It would legalize recreational possession of up to an ounce of marijuana by people ages 21 and older. The bill would also allow marijuana to be grown, processed and sold.
FEBRUARY 28, 2022:
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota House Republicans have dismissed a proposal to legalize recreational pot for adults, in a major blow to a bill that aimed to honor the will of the voters. The bill that was tossed Monday (Feb. 28, 2022) narrowly passed the Republican-controlled Senate last week. Lawmakers reasoned they should try to stay ahead of a campaign to get recreational marijuana back on the ballot this November. But lawmakers on the House State Affairs committee dismissed the proposal on an eight to three vote. Marijuana legalization advocates vowed to mount a last-ditch effort to resurrect the proposal on the House floor.
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