SB107Enacted
add licensed and registered child care programs to the definition of community safety zone.
South Dakota law currently defines "community safety zones" as 500-foot areas around certain facilities to restrict where sex offenders can live, including day care centers and family day cares. This bill adds licensed and registered child care programs to that list of protected facilities, expanding the locations where sex offenders are prohibited from establishing residences. The change strengthens protections for children in organized child care settings by treating these programs the same as existing day care facilities under state sex offender residency restrictions.