This resolution requests South Dakota's attorney general to file a lawsuit against China, the Chinese Communist Party, and related parties seeking $100 billion in damages for the COVID-19 pandemic, claiming the virus originated from a bioweapons laboratory in Wuhan. The resolution also directs the attorney general to join any existing similar lawsuits without needing further approval from the legislature. This is a request to state leadership rather than a change to existing South Dakota law.
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This bill does not directly amend codified state law.
Judiciary Deferred to the 41st legislative day Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 2. H.J. 15
Judiciary Scheduled for hearing
House of Representatives Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 191
First Reading House H.J. 174
Prime sponsor · Rep.
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Judiciary — Deferred to the 41st legislative day