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Read. Follow. Verify.South Dakota House Bill 1229 Requires App Stores and Developers to Display In-App Purchase Prices and Subscription Cancellation Features
Last action · February 9, 2026: Deferred to the 41st legislative daySponsors: Keri Weems and 1 other
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What This Bill Proposed
South Dakota House Bill 1229 requires manufacturers and app developers to provide clear lists of in-app goods, services, and their costs, and mandates that developers provide a direct subscription cancellation feature for users. Non-compliant manufacturers and developers face civil penalties of up to $1,000 per incident if they fail to cure violations within ninety days of receiving written notice from the attorney general.
App developers and digital marketplace operators must update their software interfaces to disclose pricing and subscription controls to South Dakota users or face civil penalties enforced exclusively by the state attorney general.
- State legislatures have increasingly introduced bills targeting digital app store marketplace rules, developer fees, and consumer subscription transparency. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Application store manufacturers
Manufacturers must take commercially reasonable and technologically feasible steps to list all in-app goods, services, and pricing on application pages or face civil penalties.
App developers
Developers must provide features allowing users to view in-app purchase lists and cancel or modify subscriptions, subject to potential civil penalties for non-compliance.
Application users
Users gain access to standardized pricing lists for in-app purchases and readily available features to cancel or modify subscriptions.
Attorney General
The attorney general is responsible for issuing written notices of non-compliance and bringing civil actions to recover penalties.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
5 actions- Feb 9, 2026HouseDeferred to the 41st legislative day
- Feb 9, 2026HouseCommitteeDo Pass Amended
- Feb 9, 2026HouseMotion to amend
- Feb 9, 2026HouseScheduled for hearing
- Jan 29, 2026HouseIntroducedFirst read in House and referred to
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy45Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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