25.736.10 100th Legislative Session HCR6009
2025 South Dakota Legislature
House Concurrent Resolution
6009
Introduced by: Representative Schaefbauer
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, Requesting the attorney general to file a lawsuit 1
against the People's Republic of China and related parties to seek damages 2
related to the COVID-19 global pandemic. 3
WHEREAS, the SARS-CoV-2 virus originated as a result of a gain-of-function viral genetic 4
research project at the People's Liberation Army bioweapons BSL -4 laboratory in Wuhan, 5
China; and 6
WHEREAS, the SARS -CoV-2 virus causes COVID-19, a respiratory illness responsible for 7
the 2020 global viral pandemic; and 8
WHEREAS, the COVID -19 pandemic killed thousands of South Dakota residents and placed 9
undue cost and strain on medical providers, medical facilities, nursing homes, healthcare 10
workers, business communities, and the general public; 11
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives of the One 12
Hundredth Legislature of the State of South Dakota, the Senate concurring therein, that the 13
attorney general is requested to file a lawsuit, and join and cooperate in any similar or existing 14
state or federal litigation, against the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Communist 15
Party, and the People's Liberation Army bioweapons BSL -4 laboratory located in Wuhan, 16
China, seeking one hundred billion dollars in compensatory and punitive damages for 17
engaging in irresponsible and dangerous gain-of-function viral genetic research that resulted 18
in the creation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 global pandemic; and 19
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the attorney general is requested to establish and 20
empower a South Dakota COVID -19 Victims Relief Fund to administer, oversee, direct, and 21
disburse any and all damages and compensatory moneys secured from the People's Republic 22
of China and ancillary parties to South Dakota citizens and families thereof, as compensation 23
for the death, sickness, medical costs, business closures, loss of income, or personal or 24 25.736.10 2 HCR6009
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financial hardship caused by the SARS CoV-2 virus, up to an amount of two hundred and fifty 1
thousand dollars per impacted person, upon reasonable and documented proof of losses 2
directly attributable to the COVID-19 global pandemic. 3