2023 House Bill 1220 - SD Legislature provide that a female who undergoes an unlawful abortion may not be held criminally liable.

2023 South Dakota Legislature

House Bill 1220

ENROLLED

An Act

ENTITLED An Act to provide that a female who undergoes an unlawful abortion may not be held criminally liable.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of South Dakota:

Section 1. That chapter 22-17 be amended with a NEW SECTION:

A female who undergoes an unlawful abortion, as set forth in    22-17-5.1, may not be held criminally liable for the abortion.

An Act to provide that a female who undergoes an unlawful abortion may not be held criminally liable.

I certify that the attached Act originated in the:

House as Bill No. 1220

Chief Clerk

Speaker of the House

Attest:

Chief Clerk

President of the Senate

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate

House Bill No. 1220

File No. ____

Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office

this _____ day of _____________,

2023 at ____________M.

By

for the Governor

The attached Act is hereby

approved this ________ day of

______________, A.D., 2023

Governor

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,

ss.

Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________, 2023

at _________ o'clock __M.

Secretary of State

By

Asst. Secretary of State