State of South Dakota  
EIGHTY-SEVENTH SESSION
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2012  

373T0244   SENATE BILL   NO.  184  

Introduced by:    Senators Buhl, Hundstad, Lederman, Sutton, and Tieszen and Representatives Blake, Hawley, and Jones
 

        FOR AN ACT ENTITLED, An Act to prohibit hiring discrimination on the basis of current employment status.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That chapter 20-13 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
    It is an unfair or discriminatory practice for any person or business to fail or refuse to hire a person based on the person's current employment status. It is an unfair discriminatory practice for any person or business to include an employment status requirement in a job advertisement or to otherwise require, directly or indirectly, a person to have a specific employment status to apply for a job.

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