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SD HCR6008

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

1/29/2026

Primary Sponsor

Brandei Schaefbauer

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requests the South Dakota Attorney General file a lawsuit against the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Communist Party, and the Wuhan BSL-4 laboratory seeking $100 billion in compensatory and punitive damages related to COVID-19

  • Authorizes the Attorney General to join existing state or federal litigation against these parties without further legislative approval

  • Asserts that SARS-CoV-2 originated from gain-of-function research at a People's Liberation Army bioweapons laboratory in Wuhan, China

  • Calls for establishing a South Dakota COVID-19 Victims Relief Fund, comprising lawyers, medical professionals, financial experts, legislators, and victims, to distribute any recovered damages

  • Caps individual compensation at $250,000 per impacted person for documented losses including death, sickness, medical costs, business closures, and loss of income

Legislative Description

Requesting the attorney general file a lawsuit against the People's Republic of China and related parties to seek damages related to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

House Concurrent Resolution

Last Action

Judiciary Deferred to the 41st legislative day, Passed, YEAS 9, NAYS 2. H.J. 15

2/6/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/2/2026

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