Intellectual Property laws and bills in South Dakota
Every bill in the South Dakota Legislature that falls inside the Intellectual Property Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.
Bills in Scope
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Most Recent Action
Intellectual Property laws enacted in South Dakota in 2026
2 Intellectual Property bills were enacted in South Dakota this year, the latest with a last action on 30 March 2026. Each links to the South Dakota Legislature's own page.
- SB 41revise a provision related to criminal invasions of privacy, prohibit the creation and distribution of digitally fabricated material of an identifiable individual, and provide penalties therefor.30 March 2026
- HB 1180ensure the validity of non-compete agreements in the context of jointly owned business entities.12 March 2026
Intellectual Property bills in South Dakota
2Enacted
2 bills in scope
Enacted
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Bill titles link to the South Dakota Legislature's own page.
Coverage depth varies by jurisdiction. How this is measured, and where it is thinner.
What's In Scope
How Intellectual Property bills are selected
In scope are the rights states genuinely own: digital replicas and the right of publicity, name, image and likeness including student athletes, restrictive covenants and talent mobility, and the treatment of training data and synthetic performances where a state creates a right rather than describing a federal one.
Scope is defined by a written topic profile that every bill is measured against. The profiles are drafted by a model and validated by retrieval measurement against a judged set of bills, not reviewed by an attorney. LawSignals is a research tool and does not provide legal advice.
Intellectual Property legislation in other jurisdictions
50 more currently hold bills in this tracker
- New Jersey26
- New York25
- Texas20
- Missouri16
- Massachusetts15
- Oklahoma14
- Virginia14
- Mississippi12
- Hawaii11
- Maryland10
- California9
- Florida9
- Kentucky9
- Connecticut8
- Georgia8
- Louisiana8
- Arizona7
- Michigan7
- Congress7
- Alabama6
- Iowa6
- Montana6
- South Carolina6
- Tennessee6
- Utah6
- Kansas5
- New Hampshire5
- New Mexico5
- Ohio5
- Vermont5
- Washington5
- Colorado4
- Indiana4
- North Carolina4
- Rhode Island4
- Wisconsin4
- Alaska3
- Arkansas3
- Illinois3
- Oregon3
- Pennsylvania3
- Maine2
- North Dakota2
- Nebraska2
- Nevada2
- West Virginia2
- Idaho1
- Minnesota1
- Puerto Rico1
- Wyoming1
South Dakota is one of Intellectual Property's jurisdictions
The tracker follows this subject everywhere it is legislated, and publishes a monthly issue on what moved across all of them.