Defense · South Dakota
South Dakota for defense AI workflows
South Dakota in defense AI workflows: what compliance requires, who asks for evidence, and the records to keep.
01 / State law
South Dakota's AI laws
| Law | Status | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Election deepfake disclosure | In force | Bars disseminating a deepfake of a candidate within 90 days of an election with intent to injure, unless it carries a prescribed AI disclosure; Class 1 misdemeanor, with satire and parody exempt. |
| Digitally fabricated sexual images | In force | Adds to the criminal invasion-of-privacy law a felony for creating, possessing or distributing digitally fabricated nude or sexual images of an identifiable person without consent. |
| Computer-generated child sexual abuse material | In force | Revises the child pornography statutes so that possession, distribution and manufacture offenses cover computer-generated images. |
02 / In this sector
In a defense AI workflow
South Dakota's AI-specific laws are narrow criminal statutes: computer-generated child sexual abuse material (2024), unlabeled election deepfakes (2025) and nonconsensual sexual deepfakes (2026). Broader 2026 bills on chatbots for minors, chatbot disclosure, health-insurer AI, AI in therapy and an AI study task force did not pass.
Program office leads and ATO-package owners.
NIST AI RMF · DoW RAI · OMB M-25-21.
Optional evidence · where Planisphere fits
Keep a record anyone can check
When your team meets a duty, Planisphere can seal the event it reports as a receipt.
A disclosure shown, a review signed, a model change approved: the event your system reports.
The event becomes a sealed receipt, dated and attributed to whoever is signed in.
Paste the receipt into Verify. No account or key.
A record supports your compliance evidence process. It is not a legal finding or a certification. Systems that call Planisphere's gate API can also hold or refuse an action before it runs.
SOURCES
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South Dakota Legislature
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