22.358.12 97th Legislative Session 628

2022 South Dakota Legislature

Senate Bill 119

ENROLLED

An Act

ENTITLED An Act to prohibit sexual contact between prison employees and prisoners.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That § 24-1-26.1 be AMENDED:

24-1-26.1. Any person, employed by the state, or employed within any state prison or other detention facility, who knowingly engages in an act of sexual penetration, as defined in § 22-22-2, or sexual contact, as defined in § 22-22-7.1, with another person who is in detention and under the custodial, supervisory, or disciplinary authority of the person so engaging, is guilty of a Class 6 felony.

An Act to prohibit sexual contact between prison employees and prisoners.

I certify that the attached Act originated in the:

Senate as Bill No. 119

Secretary of the Senate

President of the Senate

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate

Speaker of the House

Attest:

Chief Clerk

Senate Bill No. 119

File No. ____

Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office

this _____ day of _____________,

2022 at ____________M.

By

for the Governor

The attached Act is hereby

approved this ________ day of

______________, A.D., 2022

Governor

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,

ss.

Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________, 2022

at _________ o'clock __M.

Secretary of State

By

Asst. Secretary of State