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
This page
1,572
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 65
modify time limits for collection efforts for debts owed to the state.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Jan 24, 2024
HB 1038
exclude certain habitual DUI offenders from eligibility for presumptive probation.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Jan 23, 2024
HB 1069
permit the display of campaign signs in municipalities in conjunction with the beginning of absentee voting.
Yea
Passed
66–0
Jan 23, 2024
SB 37
revise provisions regarding repair and maintenance of mail routes.
Yea
Passed
11–0
Jan 23, 2024
SB 2
remove provisions for establishing a uniform method for calculating high school credit received from completing a postsecondary course.
Yea
Passed
66–1
Jan 23, 2024
SB 24
increase the maximum user fee for a participant submitting to wear a drug patch under the 24/7 sobriety program.
Yea
Passed
60–7
Jan 23, 2024
SB 39
prohibit a homeowners' association from placing restrictions on firearms or firearm ammunition.
Yea
Passed
61–6
Jan 23, 2024
HCR 6003
To create the One Hundredth Session Planning Committee of the South Dakota Legislature.
Yea
Passed
66–1
Jan 23, 2024
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