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 206
clarify good cause for the purpose of continuing an involuntary commitment hearing.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Mar 6, 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
50–18
Mar 6, 2023
SB 91
revise certain provisions regarding the crime of rape and provide a penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
65–2
Mar 6, 2023
HB 1154
modify acceptable conduct for practitioners related to medical cannabis.
Yea
Passed
64–3
Mar 6, 2023
SB 207
provide a penalty for the expenditure of public funds to influence the outcome of an election.
Yea
Passed
61–6
Mar 6, 2023
SB 174
prohibit the enactment or implementation of an ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibits the use of an energy utility service.
Yea
Passed
63–5
Mar 6, 2023
HB 1127
make an appropriation to support volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
67–1
Mar 2, 2023
SB 40
revise the process for nominating candidates for lieutenant governor and to make related technical changes. Against party
Nay
Passed
47–21
Mar 2, 2023
SB 82
establish the stronger families scholarship program for children in foster care, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
11–2
Mar 2, 2023
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