AN ACT

        ENTITLED, An Act to criminalize the failure to report the death or disappearance of a child within a specified time by certain persons responsible for the care of the child.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
    Section 1. That chapter 22-11 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
    Any parent, legal guardian, or caretaker who knowingly fails to notify law enforcement within forty-eight hours of learning that a child, in his or her care and less than thirteen years of age, is missing is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.
    Section 2. That chapter 22-11 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
    Any parent, legal guardian, or caretaker who knowingly fails to notify law enforcement within six hours of learning of the death of a minor child in his or her care is guilty of a Class 5 felony. This section does not apply to any health care provider or to any facility licensed pursuant to chapter 34-12.
An Act to criminalize the failure to report the death or disappearance of a child within a specified time by certain persons responsible for the care of the child.

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I certify that the attached Act originated in the

SENATE as Bill No. 43

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Secretary of the Senate
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President Pro Tempore of the Senate

Attest:

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Secretary of the Senate

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Speaker of the House

Attest:

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Chief Clerk

Senate Bill No. 43
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______  
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Received at this Executive Office this _____ day of _____________ ,

20____ at ____________ M.


By _________________________
for the Governor
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The attached Act is hereby approved this ________ day of ______________ , A.D., 20___

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Governor
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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
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Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________ , 20___
at _________ o'clock __ M.

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Secretary of State

By _________________________
Asst. Secretary of State