South Dakota
Sealed: unknown
Access Status: Unsealed July1 , 2023
- All South Dakota-born adoptees can receive a copy of their OBC without restrictions or conditions at the age of 18
- There is no specific mention of descendant access in the law
- Court records are available by court order only
South Dakota’s Equal LRights Law: A FAQ (Adoptee Rights Law Center)
Through a special arrangement with the Adoptee Rights Law Center, Bastard Nation is linking our individual state pages to ARLC state access law links and summaries. In addition. our state pages include information specific to Bastard Nation actions and activities in each state and about current OBC access.
Read about current OBC access legislation with links to current and past years bills at our”Keep Informed” legislative pages (middle sidebar.)
2023 Legislation: HB1251 (OBC)
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LINKS
- VIDEO: HB1231 House Vote, February 16, 2023
- AUDIO–HB1231 Hearing, February 1452023
- Bastard Nation Letter of Support for HB1231, House Judiciary Committee, February 15, 2023
- AUDIO: HB1231 Senate Judiciary Committee Vote, February 27, 2023 (50:22 marker)
- Bastard Nation Letter of Support t for HB1231, Senate Judiciary Committee, February 27, 2023
- South Dakota HB1231: Passes both houses in record time, Bastard Nation, March 1, 2023
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- South Dakota: HB 1223: Up for reconsideration today, February 22, 2010
- Letter to South Dakota House: H1223 by Marley Greiner. Exe. Chair, Bastard Nation, February 18, 2010
- Bad News in South Dakota–and more bad news–another action alert, February 18, 2010
- Letter to South Dakota Senate, SB 152 –Reconsideration by Marley Greiner, Exe Chair, Bastard Nation, February 17, 2010
- South Dakota: Bastard Nation Emergency Action Alert. SB 152, February 17, 2010
- Letter to South Dakota Senate: Yes on SB 152 by Marley Greiner. Exe, Chair, Bastard Nation, February 16, 2010
- Bastard Nation Action Alert: South Dakota SB 152: – Unconditional Access for OBC – Vote Yes!, February 15, 2010
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- Random Bastard Cheers and Jeers: Midterm elections 2006, Daily Bastardette, November 10, 2006
- I Did It! Leslee Unruh Redux, Daily Bastardette, November 7, 2006
- Inside Leslee Unruh: Recommended reading, Daily Bastardette, November 1, 2006
Updated July 3, 2023
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