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
SB 161
make an appropriation to the Office of the Secretary of State for voter roll maintenance, ballot machines, and election security.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Mar 1, 2023
SB 35
make an appropriation to expand laboratory space at the Sanford Underground Research Facility and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
54–13
Mar 1, 2023
SB 158
make an appropriation to provide funding for major infrastructure projects to support South Dakota airports.
Nay
Failed
18–49
Mar 1, 2023
SB 120
increase an amount of property value owned by a local industrial development corporation that is exempt from taxation. Against party
Nay
Passed
42–25
Mar 1, 2023
SB 79
make an appropriation to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to improve and repair infrastructure around Hiddenwood Lake and to declare an emergency.
Nay
Failed
22–44
Mar 1, 2023
HB 1108
revise provisions related to abandoned mobile or manufactured homes.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Mar 1, 2023
SB 145
revise provisions pertaining to township eligibility for the rural access infrastructure fund.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Mar 1, 2023
SB 21
make an appropriation for costs related to the Black Hills National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan revision process and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
55–11
Mar 1, 2023
SB 74
provide for the establishment of regional jail authorities. Against party
Nay
Passed
45–22
Mar 1, 2023
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