| 1 | 1 | | 25.736.10 100th Legislative Session HCR6009 |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | | |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | 2025 South Dakota Legislature |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | House Concurrent Resolution |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | 6009 |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: Representative Schaefbauer |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | Underscores indicate new language. |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | Overstrikes indicate deleted language. |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, Requesting the attorney general to file a lawsuit 1 |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | against the People's Republic of China and related parties to seek damages 2 |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | related to the COVID-19 global pandemic. 3 |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, the SARS-CoV-2 virus originated as a result of a gain-of-function viral genetic 4 |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | research project at the People's Liberation Army bioweapons BSL -4 laboratory in Wuhan, 5 |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | China; and 6 |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, the SARS -CoV-2 virus causes COVID-19, a respiratory illness responsible for 7 |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | the 2020 global viral pandemic; and 8 |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | WHEREAS, the COVID -19 pandemic killed thousands of South Dakota residents and placed 9 |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | undue cost and strain on medical providers, medical facilities, nursing homes, healthcare 10 |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | workers, business communities, and the general public; 11 |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives of the One 12 |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | Hundredth Legislature of the State of South Dakota, the Senate concurring therein, that the 13 |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | attorney general is requested to file a lawsuit, and join and cooperate in any similar or existing 14 |
|---|
| 31 | 31 | | state or federal litigation, against the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Communist 15 |
|---|
| 32 | 32 | | Party, and the People's Liberation Army bioweapons BSL -4 laboratory located in Wuhan, 16 |
|---|
| 33 | 33 | | China, seeking one hundred billion dollars in compensatory and punitive damages for 17 |
|---|
| 34 | 34 | | engaging in irresponsible and dangerous gain-of-function viral genetic research that resulted 18 |
|---|
| 35 | 35 | | in the creation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the COVID-19 global pandemic; and 19 |
|---|
| 36 | 36 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the attorney general is requested to establish and 20 |
|---|
| 37 | 37 | | empower a South Dakota COVID -19 Victims Relief Fund to administer, oversee, direct, and 21 |
|---|
| 38 | 38 | | disburse any and all damages and compensatory moneys secured from the People's Republic 22 |
|---|
| 39 | 39 | | of China and ancillary parties to South Dakota citizens and families thereof, as compensation 23 |
|---|
| 40 | 40 | | for the death, sickness, medical costs, business closures, loss of income, or personal or 24 25.736.10 2 HCR6009 |
|---|
| 41 | 41 | | Underscores indicate new language. |
|---|
| 42 | 42 | | Overstrikes indicate deleted language. |
|---|
| 43 | 43 | | financial hardship caused by the SARS CoV-2 virus, up to an amount of two hundred and fifty 1 |
|---|
| 44 | 44 | | thousand dollars per impacted person, upon reasonable and documented proof of losses 2 |
|---|
| 45 | 45 | | directly attributable to the COVID-19 global pandemic. 3 |
|---|