25.17.23 100th Legislative Session 1166
2025 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1166
Introduced by: Representative Randolph
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An Act to enhance penalties for the violation of right-to-work statutes and to provide 1
a penalty therefor. 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3
Section 1. That § 60-8-6 be AMENDED: 4
Any An individual is guilty of a Class 6 felony if the individual makes a solicitation 5
or request to join a labor union, organization made by any person, or association to any 6
an employee, accompanied by threats a credible threat of injury to the employee or 7
members a member of the employee's family, or damage. 8
An individual is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor if the individual makes a solicitation 9
or request to join a labor union, organization, or association to an employee, accompanied 10
by a credible threat of: 11
(1) Damage to property, of the employee; or loss 12
(2) Loss or impairment of present or future employment of the employee , is a Class 2 13
misdemeanor. 14
For the purposes of this section, the term "credible threat" means a threat made 15
with the intent and the apparent ability to carry out the threat. A credible threat need not 16
be expressed verbally. 17
Section 2. That § 60-9-7 be AMENDED: 18
60-9-7. No An officer, agent, or employee of any a public or private labor union, 19
association, or organization may not enter, without the consent of the owner or operator 20
employer, in or upon any ranch, farm, feed yard, shearing plant, or other agricultural 21
premise any work premises, for the purpose of collecting: 22
(1) Collecting dues, fines, or assessments, or to solicit; 23
(2) Soliciting membership in any union, order a labor union, association, or 24
organization; 25 25.17.23 2 1166
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(3) Ordering or promote any promoting a strike, or in any other way interfere; or 1
(4) Interfering in any other way with the activities of any a person employed on such 2
premises or assigned to the work premises. 3
Violation A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. 4
Section 3. That § 60-10-4 be AMENDED: 5
60-10-4. No person shall picket, aid in the picketing of, or order to be picketed, 6
the home of any employee or worker on any ranch, farm, feed yard, shearing plant, or 7
other agricultural premise. 8
Violation A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. 9
Section 4. That § 60-10-10 be AMENDED: 10
60-10-10. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor Class 6 felony for any a person, singly 11
alone or in concert with others, to interfere or attempt to interfere with another person in 12
the exercise of his the person's right to work or of his right to enter upon the performance 13
of any lawful employment or vocation, by the use of force, threatening acts, violence, or 14
acts of intimidation. 15
Section 5. That § 60-10-11 be AMENDED: 16
60-10-11. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor Class 6 felony for any a person, alone or 17
in concert with others, to engage in picketing by force or violence, or. 18
It is a Class 2 misdemeanor to picket, alone or in concert with others, in such a 19
manner as to obstruct or interfere with free ingress or egress to and from any a premises, 20
or to obstruct or interfere with the free use of public streets, sidewalks, or other public 21
ways. 22
Section 6. That § 60-10-12 be AMENDED: 23
60-10-12. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor Class 6 felony for any a person or group 24
of persons, employee or employees, or any labor union, association or organization, to 25
use or engage in, or threaten to use or engage in, violence, or intimidation or unlawful 26
destruction or seizure of property in: 27
(1) In connection with a labor dispute or as a means of forcing settlement of a labor 28
dispute involving any an employer, or in; 29 25.17.23 3 1166
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(2) In connection with any an organizational activity of a labor union, organization, or 1
association among the employees of any employer , or for; 2
(3) For the purpose of compelling any a person to join or become a member of a labor 3
union, organization, or association; or 4
(4) As retaliation for not being a member of a labor union, organization, or association. 5
Section 7. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 60-10: 6
It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to use or engage in the unlawful 7
destruction or seizure of property: 8
(1) In connection with a labor dispute or as a means of forcing settlement of a labor 9
dispute involving an employer; 10
(2) In connection with an organizational activity of a labor union, organization, or 11
association among the employees of any employer; or 12
(3) For the purpose of compelling a person to join or become a member of a labor 13
union, organization, or association. 14
Section 8. That § 60-9-8 be REPEALED. 15
No person may solicit or accept any money, or other thing of value, for services 16
rendered, claimed to have been rendered, or promised, to any employer of the class 17
mentioned in § 60-9-7, by reason of the labor union connection or association of the 18
person. Violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. 19