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| 1 | 1 | 25.656.10 100th Legislative Session 1090 | |
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| 4 | 4 | 2025 South Dakota Legislature | |
| 5 | 5 | House Bill 1090 | |
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| 12 | 12 | Introduced by: Representative Garcia | |
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| 14 | 14 | Underscores indicate new language. | |
| 15 | 15 | Overstrikes indicate deleted language. | |
| 16 | 16 | An Act to establish the crime of hazing and to provide a penalty therefor. 1 | |
| 17 | 17 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 2 | |
| 18 | 18 | Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 22-18: 3 | |
| 19 | 19 | A person who commits an act of hazing is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. A person 4 | |
| 20 | 20 | who commits an act of hazing that causes serious bodily injury to another is guilty of a 5 | |
| 21 | 21 | Class 6 felony. 6 | |
| 22 | 22 | It is not a defense to prosecution under this section that the victim consented to 7 | |
| 23 | 23 | the act of hazing. 8 | |
| 24 | 24 | For the purposes of this section, "hazing" means any activity by which a person 9 | |
| 25 | 25 | recklessly endangers the health or safety of, or causes a risk of extreme psychological 10 | |
| 26 | 26 | distress or bodily injury to, another person for purposes of initiation or admission into, or 11 | |
| 27 | 27 | affiliation with, any organization operating in connection with a school, college, or 12 | |
| 28 | 28 | university. The term "hazing" does not include reasonable and customary interscholastic 13 | |
| 29 | 29 | or intercollegiate athletic practices, competitions, or events, or any authorized law 14 | |
| 30 | 30 | enforcement or military training. 15 |