SD House of Representatives will vote on SB 3, Adult Use Legalization, this week.

On 2/22, these reps said “NO” to Representing the Voters in their District by voting against HB1045 (31-36-3), a separate legalization bill.

Last week, politicians in South Dakota’s House of Representatives put their personal views ahead of the views of the voters who elected them.

-Review the vote here, along with how many voters supported Amendment A in each district

-75% (27) of the “No” votes were cast by representatives of districts that voted in favor of Amendment A.


Representatives who voted NO
and their

District’s % Yes on Amendment A:

  • District 2: Rep. Lana Greenfield and
    Rep. Kaleb Weis 51.2%

  • District 4: Rep. Fred Deutsch and
    Rep. John Mills 51.6%

  • District 5: Rep. Hugh Bartels and
    Rep. Nancy York 52.3%

  • District 8: Rep. Randy Gross 50.6%

  • District 9: Rep. Rhonda Milstead and
    Rep. Bethany Soye 62.1%

  • District 10: Rep. Doug Barthel and
    Rep. Steven Haugaard 57.4%

  • District 11: Rep. Chris Karr 59.7%

  • District 13: Rep. Sue Peterson 59.2%

  • District 16: Rep. David Anderson and
    Rep. Kevin Jensen 59.2%

  • District 17: Rep. Richard Vasgaard 56.5%

  • District 18: Rep. Mike Stevens 54.5%

  • District 19: Rep. Marty Overweg and
    Rep. Kent Peterson 39.7%

  • District 20: Rep. Paul Miskimins 47.1%

  • District 23: Rep. Spencer Gosch 38.5%

  • District 24: Rep. Will Mortenson 48.5%

  • District 25: Rep. Jon Hansen 53.2%

  • District 26B: Rep. Rebecca Reimer 49.2%

  • District 27: Rep. Liz May 59.9%

  • District 28B: Rep. Sam Marty 44.1%

  • District 29: Rep. Dean Wink 51.3%

  • District 30: Rep. Tim Goodwin and
    Rep. Trish Ladner 49%

  • District 31: Rep. Mary Fitzgerald and
    Rep. Scott Odenbach 57.7%

  • District 32: Rep. Chris Johnson 59.3%

  • District 33: Rep. Taffy Howard 59.2%

  • District 33: Rep. Phil Jensen 59.2%

  • District 35: Rep. Tina Mulally and
    Rep. Tony Randolph 63.5%

-HB1045 simply would have established regulatory and taxation policies for legal cannabis (Adults 21+). However, it would have only taken effect if South Dakota voters approve the 2022 legalization ballot initiative this November.

Tell the legislature you support SB3 (adult use legalization):