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Senate clears bill authorizing infant safety devices as an additional safe-surrender option
Summary
House Bill 1044, known as the "baby Gabriel" bill, passed the Senate to authorize the use of newborn safety devices (baby surrender boxes) as an additional option for voluntary safe surrender; sponsor said it does not change existing safe-haven statutes.
The South Dakota Senate passed House Bill 1044 to authorize the use of newborn safety devices (also called infant safety devices or baby surrender boxes) as an additional option under the state's safe-surrender framework.
Senator Grove, speaking on the House bill on the Senate floor, referenced the discovery of an infant in Sioux Falls in August 2024 that prompted…
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