Total votes
1,572
all sessions
Attendance
100%
1 missed
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
With party
79%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
13%
some cross-party votes
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
131
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
7
assignments
1,572 roll-call votes
Voting record
Breaks with party 20% of the time
Yea
1,217
voted in favor
Nay
348
voted against
Absent
1
missed votes
Total cast
1,572
across all sessions
Crossed party
312
votes against own party
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matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 170
repeal and replace an appropriation regarding the South Dakota women's prison and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
65–4
Feb 27, 2024
SB 89
reduce the notice requirement period to terminate a tenancy at will.
Yea
Passed
41–28
Feb 27, 2024
SB 199
revise provisions pertaining to the consolidation or boundary changes of counties.
Yea
Passed
13–0
Feb 27, 2024
SB 20
establish the crime of threatening or intimidating an election official or election worker.
Nay
Failed
24–45
Feb 27, 2024
SB 219
modify provisions related to the control of counties and municipalities over medical marijuana establishments within their jurisdictions.
Yea
Passed
12–1
Feb 27, 2024
SB 203
expand certain privileges for individuals who hold an unrestricted enhanced concealed carry permit.
Yea
Passed
62–7
Feb 27, 2024
SB 171
make and change an appropriation related to the construction of the new state public health laboratory and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
63–6
Feb 27, 2024
HB 1022
make an appropriation to the Department of Education to provide professional development in literacy to teachers, and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
62–6
Feb 26, 2024
SB 43
establish procedures for the imposition of fines and probation against medical cannabis establishments, increase the allowable fee for a medical cannabis establishment registration certificate, and direct the Department of Health to promulgate rules to increase the fee for a registration certificate.
Yea
Passed
59–10
Feb 26, 2024
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