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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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 104
reduce certain gross receipts tax rates and a use tax rate, and to repeal a conditional reduction of certain gross receipts tax rates.
Yea
Passed
66–3
Mar 9, 2023
SB 210
appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.
Yea
Passed
65–3
Mar 9, 2023
SB 156
make an appropriation of American Rescue Plan Act monies for eligible water projects and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
44–25
Mar 9, 2023
SB 16
make an appropriation to rehabilitate the rail line from the city of Milbank to the city of Sisseton and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
52–16
Mar 9, 2023
SB 59
make an appropriation to the Department of Education for grants to support career and technical education programs, and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
50–17
Mar 9, 2023
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