House State Affairs Clears Bill To Check Ballot Measures For Single Subjects Before Petition Drives Begin

House State Affairs Clears Bill To Check Ballot Measures For Single Subjects Before Petition Drives Begin

PIERRE — The South Dakota House will take up a bill aimed at preventing a repeat of Amendment A. Amendment A in the 2020 general election won approval to allow recreational marijuana. However the measure was found to have violated the single subject provision and was rejected by the South Dakota Supreme Court. Representative Will Mortenson of Pierre says House Bill 1140 would attempt to prevent that…

Mortenson says the bill provides an appeal process…

Representative Jon Hansen of Dell Rapids had reservations about the bill…

The House State Affairs Committee voted 12 to one Wednesday to move the bill to the full House.