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revise provisions related to prohibited conduct by schools and landlords related to medical cannabis.

SB 6 protects medical cannabis cardholders from discrimination by schools and landlords—schools cannot refuse enrollment and landlords cannot refuse to rent to someone solely because they hold a medical cannabis card, unless doing so would violate federal law or cause the school or landlord to lose federal funding or licenses. The bill still allows landlords to set reasonable rules about how tenants use cannabis on the property.

revise provisions related to abandoned mobile or manufactured homes.

HB1089 clarifies the process for property owners to sell or dispose of abandoned mobile or manufactured homes left on their land, requiring them to send certified notice to the home owner, any occupants, and lienholders after a court issues a writ of possession and give 30 days to remove the home. The bill also caps any unpaid lot rent that can be claimed against the sale proceeds to no more than two months of rent at the previously agreed rate.

clarify conduct that is not required related to medical cannabis.

This bill clarifies four things that South Dakota is not required to do regarding medical cannabis: government health programs and private insurers don't have to pay for cannabis, property owners don't have to let visitors smoke or vape cannabis on their property, landlords don't have to allow cannabis growing in rental units, and government buildings can prohibit cannabis use even where it's otherwise legal. The bill adds the last requirement (about government buildings) to existing law that already listed the first three.

establish a process for the abandonment of certain pipelines.

SB204 creates a formal process for abandoning oil, gas, and carbon dioxide pipelines in South Dakota by defining a pipeline as "abandoned" if it hasn't transported materials for five consecutive years and requiring pipeline owners to notify affected landowners within 30 days of abandonment. The notification must include the pipeline owner's contact information, easement location, abandonment date, and inform landowners of their right to reclaim full use of their property once the pipeline is abandoned.