PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — A federal judge has refused to block a new South Dakota law that places new restrictions on industrial hemp.
The Legislature approved HB1125 during the 2024 session and Governor Kristi Noem signed it into law that took effect on Monday, July 1. It prohibits chemical modification or conversion of industrial hemp and the sale or distribution. The penalty for a violation is a class 2 misdemeanor punishable by a fine up to $500 and 30 days in county jail.
Hemp Quarters 605, a business in downtown Pierre, challenged the law as unconstitutional, in part because it allegedly violates the 2018 Federal Farm Bill that allows the sale, shipping, transporting, and packaging of hemp products
