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prohibit certain medical and surgical interventions on minor patients.

HB 1080 prohibits healthcare providers from prescribing puberty-blocking drugs, hormone treatments, or performing surgeries on minors under 18 when the purpose is to alter the minor's sex characteristics or match a gender identity different from their biological sex. The bill defines "sex" based on chromosomes, hormones, and reproductive organs at birth, and creates exceptions for treating disease or injury unrelated to sex characteristics.

expand provisions regarding the protection of minors from certain exhibitions.

HB1125 expands South Dakota's obscenity laws to include "drag performances" as material that can be deemed harmful to minors, defining drag performance as singing, dancing, or other entertainment where a performer exhibits a gender identity different from their biological sex through clothing, makeup, or similar means in a lewd and lascivious manner. The bill adds drag performances to the existing legal standard used to determine what material is off-limits to children, meaning performances meeting that definition could now be restricted from minors under state law.

prohibit the use of state resources in hosting lewd or lascivious content.

This bill prohibits South Dakota public schools, universities, technical colleges, and state agencies from using public money or state facilities to host, promote, or fund "lewd or lascivious content," which the bill defines to include drag performances where someone's gender identity differs from their biological sex, as well as other sexually explicit material. The bill creates a new legal restriction on how state institutions can spend money and use their property, with violations potentially subject to state obscenity laws.

prevent government entities from entering contracts with companies that promote certain economic boycotts.

This bill prevents South Dakota government entities from signing contracts with companies that boycott businesses in fossil fuels, timber, mining, agriculture, firearms manufacturing, or companies that don't meet certain diversity hiring standards or provide abortion and transgender-related services. The law defines "economic boycott" as refusing to do business with these industries or companies for social or political reasons, and bars the state from working with any company that participates in such boycotts. Essentially, South Dakota can no longer contract with businesses that take stands against these specific industries or practices.