South Dakota 2025 Regular Session

South Dakota House Bill HB1166 Compare Versions

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1		-	25.17.24 100th Legislative Session 1166
	1	+	25.17.23 100th Legislative Session 1166
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4	4		2025 South Dakota Legislature
5	5		House Bill 1166
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12	12		Introduced by: Representative Randolph
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16	16		An Act to enhance penalties for the violation of right-to-work statutes and to provide 1
17	17		a penalty therefor. 2
18	18		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3
19	19		Section 1. That § 60-8-6 be AMENDED: 4
20		-	Any An individual is guilty of a Class ~~1 misdemeanor~~ if the individual makes a 5
21		-	~~solicitation~~ or request to join a labor union, organization made by any person , or 6
22		-	~~association to any~~ an employee, accompanied by threats a credible threat of injury to the 7
23		-	~~employee or~~ members a member of the employee's family, or damage. 8
24		-	An individual is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if the individual makes a solicitation 9
	20	+	Any An individual is guilty of a Class 6 felony if the individual makes a solicitation 5
	21	+	or request to join a labor union, organization made by any person, or association to any 6
	22	+	an employee, accompanied by threats a credible threat of injury to the employee or 7
	23	+	members a member of the employee's family, or damage. 8
	24	+	An individual is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor if the individual makes a solicitation 9
25	25		or request to join a labor union, organization, or association to an employee, accompanied 10
26	26		by a credible threat of: 11
27	27		(1) Damage to property, of the employee; or loss 12
28	28		(2) Loss or impairment of present or future employment of the employee , is a Class 2 13
29	29		misdemeanor. 14
30	30		For the purposes of this section, the term "credible threat" means a threat made 15
31	31		with the intent and the apparent ability to carry out the threat. A credible threat need not 16
32	32		be expressed verbally. 17
33	33		Section 2. That § 60-9-7 be AMENDED: 18
34		-	60-9-7. No An officer, agent, or employee of any a private labor union, ~~association,~~ 19
35		-	or organization may not enter, without the consent of the owner or operator ~~employer, in~~ 20
36		-	or upon any ranch, farm, feed yard, shearing plant, or other agricultural ~~premise any work~~ 21
37		-	premises, for the purpose of collecting: 22
	34	+	60-9-7. No An officer, agent, or employee of any a public or private labor union, 19
	35	+	association, or organization may not enter, without the consent of the owner or operator 20
	36	+	employer, in or upon any ranch, farm, feed yard, shearing plant, or other agricultural 21
	37	+	premise any work premises, for the purpose of collecting: 22
38	38		(1) Collecting dues, fines, or assessments, or to solicit; 23
39	39		(2) Soliciting membership in any union, order a labor union, association, or 24
40		-	organization; 25 25.17.24 2 1166
	40	+	organization; 25 25.17.23 2 1166
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43	43		(3) Ordering or promote any promoting a strike, or in any other way interfere; or 1
44	44		(4) Interfering in any other way with the activities of any a person employed on such 2
45	45		premises or assigned to the work premises. 3
46	46		Violation A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. 4
47	47		Section 3. That § 60-10-4 be AMENDED: 5
48	48		60-10-4. No person shall picket, aid in the picketing of, or order to be picketed, 6
49	49		the home of any employee or worker on any ranch, farm, feed yard, shearing plant, or 7
50	50		other agricultural premise. 8
51	51		Violation A violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. 9
52	52		Section 4. That § 60-10-10 be AMENDED: 10
53		-	60-10-10. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor Class ~~1 misdemeanor~~ for any a 11
54		-	~~person,singly~~ alone or in concert with others, to interfere or attempt to interfere with 12
55		-	~~another person in~~ the exercise of his the person's right to work or of his right to enter 13
56		-	~~upon the performance~~ of any lawful employment or vocation, by the use of force, 14
57		-	~~threatening acts, violence, or~~ acts of intimidation. 15
	53	+	60-10-10. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor Class 6 felony for any a person, singly 11
	54	+	alone or in concert with others, to interfere or attempt to interfere with another person in 12
	55	+	the exercise of his the person's right to work or of his right to enter upon the performance 13
	56	+	of any lawful employment or vocation, by the use of force, threatening acts, violence, or 14
	57	+	acts of intimidation. 15
58	58		Section 5. That § 60-10-11 be AMENDED: 16
59		-	60-10-11. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor Class ~~1 misdemeanor~~ for any a person, 17
60		-	~~alone or~~ in concert with others, to engage in picketing by force or violence, or. 18
	59	+	60-10-11. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor Class 6 felony for any a person, alone or 17
	60	+	in concert with others, to engage in picketing by force or violence, or. 18
61	61		It is a Class 2 misdemeanor to picket, alone or in concert with others, in such a 19
62	62		manner as to obstruct or interfere with free ingress or egress to and from any a premises, 20
63	63		or to obstruct or interfere with the free use of public streets, sidewalks, or other public 21
64	64		ways. 22
65	65		Section 6. That § 60-10-12 be AMENDED: 23
66		-	60-10-12. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor Class ~~1 misdemeanor~~ for any a person or 24
67		-	~~group~~ of persons, employee or employees, or any labor union, association or organization, 25
68		-	to use or engage in, or threaten to use or engage in, violence, or intimidation or unlawful 26
	66	+	60-10-12. It is a Class 2 misdemeanor Class 6 felony for any a person or group 24
	67	+	of persons, employee or employees, or any labor union, association or organization, to 25
	68	+	use or engage in, or threaten to use or engage in, violence, or intimidation or unlawful 26
69	69		destruction or seizure of property in: 27
70	70		(1) In connection with a labor dispute or as a means of forcing settlement of a labor 28
71		-	dispute involving any an employer, or in; 29 25.17.24 3 1166
	71	+	dispute involving any an employer, or in; 29 25.17.23 3 1166
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74	74		(2) In connection with any an organizational activity of a labor union, organization, or 1
75	75		association among the employees of any employer , or for; 2
76	76		(3) For the purpose of compelling any a person to join or become a member of a labor 3
77	77		union, organization, or association; or 4
78	78		(4) As retaliation for not being a member of a labor union, organization, or association. 5
79	79		Section 7. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 60-10: 6
80	80		It is a Class 1 misdemeanor for a person to use or engage in the unlawful 7
81	81		destruction or seizure of property: 8
82	82		(1) In connection with a labor dispute or as a means of forcing settlement of a labor 9
83	83		dispute involving an employer; 10
84	84		(2) In connection with an organizational activity of a labor union, organization, or 11
85	85		association among the employees of any employer; or 12
86	86		(3) For the purpose of compelling a person to join or become a member of a labor 13
87	87		union, organization, or association. 14
88	88		Section 8. That § 60-9-8 be REPEALED. 15
89	89		No person may solicit or accept any money, or other thing of value, for services 16
90	90		rendered, claimed to have been rendered, or promised, to any employer of the class 17
91	91		mentioned in § 60-9-7, by reason of the labor union connection or association of the 18
92	92		person. Violation of this section is a Class 2 misdemeanor. 19