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
12%
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
311
votes against own party
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1,572
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1073
keep interest earned on incarceration construction fund moneys in the same fund.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Jan 19, 2024
HB 1047
enhance the penalties for eluding law enforcement. Against party
Nay
Passed
55–12
Jan 19, 2024
HB 1046
prohibit the intentional disarming of a law enforcement officer and to provide a penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
58–9
Jan 19, 2024
HB 1043
include lithium in the definition of precious metal for purposes of the minerals severance tax, and to set the tax rate for lithium severed in this state.
Yea
Passed
12–0
Jan 18, 2024
HB 1077
provide for the disbursement of the catastrophic county poor relief fund to the participating counties in the event of the discontinuance of the fund.
Yea
Passed
12–0
Jan 18, 2024
HB 1071
revise a provision providing authority to the Governor to enter into agreements with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Yea
Passed
60–7
Jan 18, 2024
HB 1012
adopt the interstate counseling licensure compact and revise educational requirements to comply with the compact. Against party
Nay
Passed
51–16
Jan 18, 2024
HB 1011
revise the membership of the South Dakota Capitol Complex Restoration and Beautification Commission. Against party
Nay
Passed
61–7
Jan 17, 2024
HCR 6006
Urging the members of South Dakota's congressional delegation to sponsor and support an amendment to the Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) Act.
Yea
Passed
65–3
Jan 17, 2024
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