revise a provision related to theft by a contractor, subcontractor, or supplier.

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revise a provision related to theft by a contractor, subcontractor, or supplier.

revise a provision related to theft by a contractor, subcontractor, or supplier.

What This Bill Does

• revise a provision related to theft by a contractor, subcontractor, or supplier.
• Official keyword topics: Crimes Liens Penalty Official sponsor note: Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4750/Detail">Fitzgerald</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4737/Detail">Baxter</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4749/Detail">Emery</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4753/Detail">Goodwin</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4755/Detail">Greenfield</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4778/Detail">Kull</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4779/Detail">Ladner</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4789/Detail">Moore</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4792/Detail">Mulally</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4804/Detail">Pourier</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4810/Detail">Reisch</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4830/Detail">Walburg</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4831/Detail">Weems</a> and Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4763/Detail">Howard</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4740/Detail">Carley</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4745/Detail">Deibert</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4814/Detail">Rohl</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4837/Detail">Wipf</a>

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Official Summary Text

revise a provision related to theft by a contractor, subcontractor, or supplier.
Official keyword topics:
Crimes
Liens
Penalty
Official sponsor note: Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4750/Detail">Fitzgerald</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4737/Detail">Baxter</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4749/Detail">Emery</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4753/Detail">Goodwin</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4755/Detail">Greenfield</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4778/Detail">Kull</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4779/Detail">Ladner</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4789/Detail">Moore</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4792/Detail">Mulally</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4804/Detail">Pourier</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4810/Detail">Reisch</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4830/Detail">Walburg</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4831/Detail">Weems</a> and Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4763/Detail">Howard</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4740/Detail">Carley</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4745/Detail">Deibert</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4814/Detail">Rohl</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4837/Detail">Wipf</a>

Current Bill Text

26.188.11 101st Legislative Session 1066

2026 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1066
ENROLLED

AN ACT

ENTITLED An Act to revise a provision related to theft by a contractor,
subcontractor, or supplier.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA:
Section 1. That § 44-9-13 be AMENDED:
44-9-13. Any contractor, subcontractor, or supplier on any improvement of real
estate within the purview of this chapter who, having received or been entrusted with the
property of another for the purpose of improvement of real estate, and with the intent to
defraud, appropriates that property for any purpose other than the payment for labor,
skill, or materials for improvement of the real estate for which it was received, is guilty of
theft. Any person guilty of theft pursuant to this section is subject to the pena lties under
§ 22-30A-17.
26.188.11 2 1066
HB1066 ENROLLED
An Act to revise a provision related to theft by a contractor, subcontractor, or supplier.

I certify that the attached Act originated in
the:

House as Bill No. 1066

Chief Clerk of the House

Speaker of the House

Attest:

Chief Clerk of the House

President of the Senate

Attest:

Secretary of the Senate

House Bill No. 1066
File No. ____
Chapter No. ______

Received at this Executive Office
this _____ day of _____________,

2026 at ____________M.

By
for the Governor

The attached Act is hereby
approved this ________ day of
______________, A.D., 2026

Governor

STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA,
ss.
Office of the Secretary of State

Filed ____________, 2026
at _________ o'clock __M.

Secretary of State

By
Asst. Secretary of State