1 | 1 | | 25.453.9 100th Legislative Session 1172 |
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4 | 4 | | 2025 South Dakota Legislature |
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5 | 5 | | House Bill 1172 |
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12 | 12 | | Introduced by: Representative Randolph |
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14 | 14 | | Underscores indicate new language. |
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16 | 16 | | An Act to require that a high school health curriculum include human sexuality and 1 |
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17 | 17 | | human development within the womb. 2 |
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18 | 18 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3 |
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19 | 19 | | Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 13-33: 4 |
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20 | 20 | | The board of each school district shall ensure that the health curriculum offered to 5 |
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21 | 21 | | students in grades nine through twelve incorporates, by means of oral, written, or digital 6 |
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22 | 22 | | lessons, or by means of lectures or presentations, information about human sexuality as 7 |
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23 | 23 | | it relates to sexual activity and pregnancy in the context of student health and healthy 8 |
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24 | 24 | | relationships, and human biology as it relates to pregnancy and human development 9 |
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25 | 25 | | inside the womb. The information must include at least two of the following: 10 |
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26 | 26 | | (1) A video presentation that uses a high-quality, computer-generated rendering or 11 |
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27 | 27 | | animation to demonstrate the process of a chemical abortion in the first trimester; 12 |
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28 | 28 | | (2) A video presentation that uses a high-quality, computer-generated rendering or 13 |
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29 | 29 | | animation to demonstrate the process of a surgical abortion in the first trimester; 14 |
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30 | 30 | | or 15 |
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31 | 31 | | (3) A video presentation that uses a high-quality, computer-generated rendering or 16 |
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32 | 32 | | animation to demonstrate the process of a surgical abortion in the second 17 |
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33 | 33 | | trimester. 18 |
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34 | 34 | | Section 2. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 13-33: 19 |
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35 | 35 | | Nothing in section 1 of this Act authorizes any individual employed by or under 20 |
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36 | 36 | | contract with a school district to refer a student for abortion services. 21 |
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37 | 37 | | Section 3. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 13-33: 22 25.453.9 2 1172 |
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40 | 40 | | The curricular material and information referenced in section 1 of this Act may not 1 |
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41 | 41 | | be offered, furnished, or sponsored by an individual who performs or by an entity that 2 |
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42 | 42 | | provides elective abortion services. 3 |
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43 | 43 | | Section 4. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 13-33: 4 |
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44 | 44 | | The attorney general may petition the circuit court to enforce compliance under 5 |
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45 | 45 | | this Act. 6 |
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