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SB107
Adding Child Care Programs to Community Safety Zones
Last scannedAug 25, 2026, 3:29 AM
In one sentence
This law updates the definition of a community safety zone in South Dakota to include licensed and registered child care programs.
What it does
- Adds licensed day care centers, licensed group family day care homes, and registered family day cares to the list of sites that create a five-hundred-foot community safety zone.
Who it affects
- People required to register as sex offenders who live or establish residence within these zones.
- Licensed and registered child care programs in South Dakota.
Limits and unknowns
- The law does not change the five-hundred-foot distance rule for existing safety zones.
- Exceptions exist if the person was under eighteen at the time of the offense and not tried as an adult, or if they established residence before July 1, 2024.
Plain language
Terms to know
- Community safety zone
- An area within five hundred feet of specific sites, including schools, parks, shelters, and now licensed or registered child care programs.
- Licensed day care center
- A facility described in subdivision 26-6-14(3) that cares for children with official state permission.
- Registered family day care
- A child care program run out of a home and defined by section 26-6-14.1.
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Official summary
add licensed and registered child care programs to the definition of community safety zone.
Official activity
Bill history
- Signed by the Governor