Every person who intentionally, by force or fraud, compels or attempts to compel either branch of the Legislature of this state to pass, amend, or reject any bill or resolution, or to grant or refuse any petition, or to perform or omit to perform any other official act, is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
S.D. Codified Laws § 2-4-10
Compelling action or inaction by Legislature as felony
Source: SDC 1939, § 13.1004; SL 1980, ch 24, § 20; SL 2006, ch 130, § 4.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.