A bill to defund public schools in Huron, SD. A bill to give civil immunity to church bouncers *even in the event they use deadly force*. Two bills forcing antiabortion propaganda to be included in public school health education. I COULD GO ON.

Please stay engaged at home: www.aclusd.org/en/bills

-a bill that allows law enforcement to detain anyone they want on the street for up to an hour without a warrant or arresting the individual, HB 1153
-a bill that provides unprecedented immunity to off-duty cops to perform a citizen’s arrest, HB 1148

-a bill that prohibits school staff from using a student’s preferred pronouns or calling them by any other name than their legal name, HB 1177

-a bill that requires schools to get permission from parents before a student can see the school counselor, and if a student shares any thoughts or asks questions about being queer, gay, or trans, the school must notify the parents, HB 1201
(this is especially monstrous for abused children)

-a bill is advancing that forces public schools to post the 10 Commandments in every single classroom, establishing a state religion and indoctrinating kids, SB 51
-another bill is advancing to require public schools to allow volunteer chaplains to proselytize to kids during the school day, HB 1054

Yes it’s important to call out federal level insanity but we’re going to burn out too quickly (by design) if we spend our energy on things we have no power to influence. State level advocacy is direly needed in SD right now in the following areas: