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State of South Dakota
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NINETY-FOURTH SESSION LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2019 |
| 940B0602 | HOUSE BILL NO. 1243 |
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Introduced by: Representatives Sullivan, Barthel, Beal, Bordeaux, Borglum, Chaffee, Chase,
Cwach, Diedrich, Duba, Hammock, Healy, Johnson (David), Lesmeister,
McCleerey, Otten (Herman), Reed, Ring, Rounds, Schoenfish, and Smith
(Jamie) and Senators Foster, Heinert, Kennedy, Maher, Nesiba, Rusch,
Solano, Steinhauer, White, and Youngberg
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FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to revise provisions regarding hate crimes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 22-19B-1 be amended to read:
22-19B-1.No A person may is guilty of a Class 6 felony if the person maliciously and with
the specific intent to intimidate or harass any other person or specific group of persons because
of that person's or group of persons' race, ethnicity, religion, ancestry, or national origin, sexual
orientation, or gender identity:
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 22-19B-1 be amended to read:
22-19B-1.
(1) Cause Causes physical injury to another person; or
(2) Deface Defaces any real or personal property of another person; or
(3) Damage or destroy Damages or destroys any real or personal property of another
person; or
(4) Threaten Threatens, by word or act, to do the acts prohibited under this section if
there is reasonable cause to believe that any of the acts prohibited in subdivision (1),
(2), or (3) of this section will occur.
