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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matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 132
revise the appointment of legislators to the Agricultural Land Assessment Implementation and Oversight Advisory Task Force.
Yea
Passed
66–2
Feb 27, 2023
SB 78
create the South Dakota Board of Physical Therapy and make an appropriation therefor.
Yea
Passed
63–5
Feb 27, 2023
HB 1143
make an appropriation for the restoration, maintenance, and repair of the state capitol and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
48–20
Feb 27, 2023
SCR 602
Affirming the Legislature's support of the United States Supreme Court decision of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
Yea
Passed
61–7
Feb 27, 2023
SB 198
allow medical cannabis establishments to maintain certain cardholder data and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
68–0
Feb 27, 2023
HB 1022
make an appropriation for increased costs related to the construction of the new state public health laboratory, and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
54–13
Feb 27, 2023
HB 1021
make an appropriation to the State Conservation Commission and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
63–5
Feb 27, 2023
HB 1024
make an appropriation for the construction of a maintenance shop for the Wildland Fire Suppression Division in Hot Springs and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
64–4
Feb 27, 2023
HB 1078
make an appropriation to the Department of Human Services for the development and expansion of adult day services programs and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
62–6
Feb 27, 2023
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