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
HB 1029
modify and repeal provisions related to the licensure of hearing aid dispensers and audiologists.
Yea
Passed
69–0
Feb 12, 2024
HB 1250
provide for the creation and use of South Dakota educational empowerment accounts. Against party
Yea
Failed
23–40
Feb 8, 2024
SB 68
amend certain provisions pertaining to the South Dakota Retirement System to comply with federal law.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Feb 8, 2024
HB 1129
repeal the session law authorizing the Board of Regents to contract for the design and construction of a new dairy research and extension farm on the campus of South Dakota State University, and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
47–16
Feb 8, 2024
HB 1185
amend provisions regarding entry on private property for examination and survey of a project requiring a siting permit. Against party
Nay
Passed
46–17
Feb 8, 2024
HB 1057
create the Commission on Indigent Legal Services and Office of Indigent Legal Services, to make an appropriation for reimbursing county indigent legal services, and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
59–4
Feb 8, 2024
HB 1229
add a county as able to be assigned responsibility for secondary highways on municipal boundaries.
Yea
Passed
12–0
Feb 8, 2024
HB 1251
modify provisions related to the annexation of unplatted territory or agricultural land.
Yea
Passed
8–4
Feb 8, 2024
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