South Dakota lawmakers want to stop individuals who obtain certain professional or trade licenses through a false degree. Senate Bill 97 passed the House Tuesday afternoon and Republican State Representative Scott Ecklund says this is a no brain bill.
"We don’t want physicians, dentists, or mechanics even working on our cars that say that they are something and then they really aren’t. So, we want to make sure that people truly are who they say they are," Representative Ecklund says.
A person caught falsifying a degree to obtain a certain job license could be charged up to a class one misdemeanor. The licenses obtained would then also be revoked. This bill passed the South Dakota House of Representatives on the consent calendar and it goes next to Governor Daugaard’s desk.
