establish provisions related to the disclosure of COVID-19 and mRNA vaccination status and blood donations.

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establish provisions related to the disclosure of COVID-19 and mRNA vaccination status and blood donations.

establish provisions related to the disclosure of COVID-19 and mRNA vaccination status and blood donations.

What This Bill Does

• establish provisions related to the disclosure of COVID-19 and mRNA vaccination status and blood donations.
• Official keyword topics: COVID-19 Health Care Immunization Public Health and Safety Official sponsor note: Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4752/Detail">Garcia</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4731/Detail">Andera</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4733/Detail">Auch</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4734/Detail">Aylward</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4737/Detail">Baxter</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4766/Detail">Hunt</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4767/Detail">Ismay</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4770/Detail">Jensen (Phil)</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4771/Detail">Jordan</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4772/Detail">Jorgenson</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4783/Detail">Manhart</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4805/Detail">Randolph</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4811/Detail">Rice</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4816/Detail">Schaefbauer</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4818/Detail">Schwans</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4820/Detail">Sjaarda</a> and Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4740/Detail">Carley</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4756/Detail">Grove</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4794/Detail">Nelson</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4800/Detail">Perry</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4803/Detail">Pischke</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4828/Detail">Voight</a>

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Official Summary Text

establish provisions related to the disclosure of COVID-19 and mRNA vaccination status and blood donations.
Official keyword topics:
COVID-19
Health Care
Immunization
Public Health and Safety
Official sponsor note: Representatives <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4752/Detail">Garcia</a> (prime), <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4731/Detail">Andera</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4733/Detail">Auch</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4734/Detail">Aylward</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4737/Detail">Baxter</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4766/Detail">Hunt</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4767/Detail">Ismay</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4770/Detail">Jensen (Phil)</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4771/Detail">Jordan</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4772/Detail">Jorgenson</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4783/Detail">Manhart</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4805/Detail">Randolph</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4811/Detail">Rice</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4816/Detail">Schaefbauer</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4818/Detail">Schwans</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4820/Detail">Sjaarda</a> and Senators <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4740/Detail">Carley</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4756/Detail">Grove</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4794/Detail">Nelson</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4800/Detail">Perry</a>, <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4803/Detail">Pischke</a>, and <a rel="noopener" href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4828/Detail">Voight</a>

Current Bill Text

26.4.17 101st Legislative Session 1171

2026 South Dakota Legislature
House Bill 1171

Introduced by: Representative Garcia

Underscores indicate new language.
Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
An Act to establish provisions related to the disclosure of COVID -19 and mRNA 1
vaccination status and blood donations. 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA: 3
Section 1. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 34-24B: 4
Any person who collects human blood donations for the purpose of providing blood 5
for human blood transfusion shall require a blood donor to disclose whether the donor has 6
ever received a COVID-19 or mRNA vaccination. 7
If a donor indicates that the donor has received a COVID-19 or mRNA vaccination, 8
the person collecting the blood donation must label the blood bag to conspicuously indicate 9
that the donor has received a COVID-19 or mRNA vaccination. 10
Nothing in this section authorizes the disclosure of the donor's personally 11
identifiable information on the blood bag. 12
Section 2. That a NEW SECTION be added to chapter 34-24B: 13
An individual needing a blood transfusion in a nonemergent situation may request 14
blood from a donor who has or has not received a COVID -19 or mRNA vaccination. The 15
health care professional performing the transfusion must use the requested blood, if the 16
blood is available at the health care facility in which the individual is receiving care. 17
No person may deny, restrict, or otherwise interfere with an individual's care, 18
based on the individual's request to receive blood from a donor who has or has not 19
received a COVID-19 or mRNA vaccination. 20