South Dakota is creating new privacy protections for people who use direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies like ancestry or health DNA kits. The law requires these companies and their service providers to get clear written consent from consumers before collecting, using, or sharing their genetic information, and establishes civil penalties for violations.
The amendment updates a technical cross-reference from section 26.533.9 to 26.533.10 and adds "SENATE JUDICIARY ENGROSSED" to the bill's heading, reflecting the bill's progression through the legislative committee process without changing its substantive protections for genetic data privacy and security.
The amendment changed the bill's section number from 26.533.10 to 26.533.11 and reclassified it from a Senate bill to a House bill, but made no substantive changes to the genetic privacy protections themselves. This appears to be a technical/procedural update rather than a meaningful shift in the bill's purpose.
The amendment makes only technical and formatting changes: it updates the section number from 26.533.11 to 26.533.12, changes the bill status from "HOUSE JUDICIARY ENGROSSED" to "ENROLLED," and corrects a hyphenation in "de-identified" to match proper formatting. These are standard legislative housekeeping changes that do not alter the bill's substance or purpose of safeguarding genetic data privacy.
Signed by the Governor S.J. 549
Delivered to the Governor S.J. 520
Signed by the Speaker H.J. 553
Signed by the President S.J. 512
Senate Concurred in amendments Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 489
House of Representatives Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 65, NAYS 2. H.J. 509
Judiciary Certified uncontested, placed on consent H.J. 31
Judiciary Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 11, NAYS 0. H.J. 31
Judiciary Motion to amend H.J. 31
Judiciary Scheduled for hearing
House of Representatives Referred to House Judiciary H.J. 137
First Reading House H.J. 125
Senate Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 34, NAYS 0. S.J. 83
Judiciary Certified uncontested, placed on consent S.J. 3
Judiciary Do Pass Amended Passed, YEAS 6, NAYS 0. S.J. 3
Judiciary Motion to amend S.J. 3
Judiciary Scheduled for hearing
Judiciary Scheduled for hearing
First read in Senate and referred to Senate Judiciary S.J. 13
Concurred in amendments
Do Pass Amended
Judiciary — Do Pass Amended
Do Pass Amended
Judiciary — Do Pass Amended