PIERRE, S.D. (MITCHELLNOW) Governor Kristi Noem signed the following nine bills into law:
- SB 11 prohibits a practitioner from referring a patient to a medical cannabis clinic with which the practitioner or an immediate family member has a financial relationship and provides a penalty therefor;
- SB 46 authorizes the disclosure of referral status by Department of Human Services personnel;
- SB 94 amends provisions pertaining to the partners in education tax credit program;
- SB 131 includes shelterbelts as a factor affecting productivity in determining assessed value of agricultural land;
- HB 1007 amends the requirement to employ a county veterans’ service officer;
- HB 1008 modifies the eligibility for admission to the state veterans’ home and repeal the residency requirement;
- HB 1023 provides immunity from liability for certain actions of the State Bar and its agents;
- HB 1091 enacts the Interstate Insurance Product Regulation Compact; and,
- HB 1104 enhances the penalty for accessory to first- or second-degree murder.
Governor Noem has signed 97 bills into law this legislative session.
(Noem press release)