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State of South Dakota  
NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2019  

571B0256   HOUSE BILL   NO.  1061  

Introduced by:    Representatives Reed, Barthel, Borglum, Diedrich, Hansen, Johns, Milstead, Olson, Peterson (Kent), Reimer, Smith (Jamie), and Sullivan and Senators Schoenbeck, Bolin, Kolbeck, Monroe, Soholt, Solano, Stalzer, and Youngberg
 

        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to provide for a court order to test for HIV at the request of victims of certain crimes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That chapter 23A-35B be amended by adding a NEW SECTION to read:
    A victim, or any other person authorized to act on a victim's behalf, may request in writing to the state's attorney that a defendant or juvenile against whom an information, indictment, or petition is presented for a crime in which, by force or threat of force, the defendant or juvenile compelled the victim to engage in sexual activity be tested for HIV by the Department of Health, and that a search warrant be obtained for the purpose of taking a blood sample from the defendant or juvenile to test for HIV. A request under this section shall state that the victim believes there was an exchange of blood, semen, or other bodily fluids from the defendant or juvenile to the victim, and shall state the factual basis for believing the exchange occurred.
    Upon motion, a court of competent jurisdiction shall hold a hearing at which both the victim and defendant or juvenile may be present. If the court finds probable cause that the defendant

or juvenile committed the offense and that there was an exchange of blood, semen, or other bodily fluids from the defendant or juvenile to the victim, the court shall order a search warrant for the purpose of taking a blood sample from the defendant or juvenile to test for HIV in accordance with § 23A-35B-4. A blood sample shall be taken within forty-eight hours of the date of the request under this section or, if later, the date on which the information, indictment, or petition was:

            (1)    Presented or filed, and the defendant or juvenile was taken into custody; or
            (2)    Served on the defendant or juvenile.
    The court shall include in the order a requirement for any follow-up test for HIV that is medically appropriate based on the results of the initial test. Payment for any test for HIV under this section shall be in accordance with § 23A-35B-4. The victim, the person authorized to act on the victim's behalf, and the defendant shall be notified in accordance with § 23A-35B-4 of the results of any test for HIV under this section.