South Dakota alcohol laws

What it would do: Allows a municipality of the first class to set the renewal fee for an on-sale liquor license at the most recent fee charged by the municipality upon first renewal after annexation, unless the licensee initially paid at least that amount. Subsequent renewals are capped at fifteen hundred dollars.

What it would do: Removes civil liability protection for licensees and their employees or agents who sell or serve alcohol to obviously intoxicated persons, allowing injured parties to sue for damages including wrongful death.

What it would do: Allows an individual to carry and consume an alcoholic beverage purchased in a bar or lounge into any other connected enterprise owned or operated by the same person within the same building.

What it would do: Authorizes distilleries to obtain licenses and ship distilled spirits directly to consumers aged 21 or older in South Dakota, subject to limits of 12 liters per person annually and 60,000 liters statewide, with penalties up to $5,000 for violations.

What it would do: Creates small-batch alcohol licenses for wineries (3,750 gallons/year), distilleries (1,250 gallons/year), cideries (300 barrels/year), and breweries (750 barrels/year), each with five hundred dollar fees, and exempts these licensees from prohibitions on financial interest between manufacturers and retailers.

What it would do: Allows unlicensed persons to sell vintage distilled spirits (not distributed in South Dakota for at least five years) to on-sale licensees in amounts not exceeding twenty-four liters per licensee per year, with sales occurring in person on licensed premises and requiring labeling and Department of Revenue notification.

What it would do: Authorizes distilleries to obtain licenses and ship distilled spirits directly to South Dakota consumers aged 21 or older, subject to limits of 12 liters per person annually and 60,000 liters statewide, with penalties up to $5,000 for violations.