ENTITLED, An Act to prohibit registered sex offenders from circulating petitions and to provide
a penalty for the violation thereof.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That chapter 12-1 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
No registered sex offender may circulate any petition, either on the registered sex offender's own
behalf or on the behalf of, or in the employ of, another person in any place frequented by the public
or door to door on private property. A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor.
Section 2. That chapter 12-1 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
The provisions of section 1 of this Act do not apply, if the registered sex offender circulating or
assisting in circulating petitions under circumstances where the registered sex offender is in the
employ of, and under the immediate supervision of, another person and where the circumstances
preclude any contact with children.
Section 3. That chapter 12-1 be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as follows:
The provisions of section 1 of this Act do not apply, if the registered sex offender is circulating
any nominating petitions on his or her own behalf for election to any federal, state, or local office
for which the registered sex offender is otherwise qualified.
Section 4. That chapter 22-24B be amended by adding thereto a NEW SECTION to read as
follows:
No registered sex offender is eligible to circulate certain nominating petitions pursuant to
sections 1 to 3, inclusive, of this Act.
An Act to prohibit registered sex offenders from circulating petitions and to provide a penalty for
the violation thereof.
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I certify that the attached Act
originated in the
HOUSE as Bill No. 1186
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Chief Clerk
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Speaker of the House
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Chief Clerk
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President Pro Tempore of the
Senate
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Secretary of the Senate
House Bill No. 1186
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
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Governor
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STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State
Filed ____________ , 20___
at _________ o'clock __ M.
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Secretary of State
By _________________________
Asst. Secretary of State
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