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
This page
1,572
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1167
annually adjust the rate for community-based providers to one hundred percent of methodology. Against party
Nay
Passed
44–24
Feb 22, 2023
HB 1200
require a percentage of signatures on a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment to be obtained from each legislative district.
Yea
Passed
46–22
Feb 22, 2023
HB 1065
increase the maximum amount of dollars payable by the state to erect the headstone of a deceased veteran.
Yea
Passed
66–2
Feb 22, 2023
HB 1137
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
65–3
Feb 22, 2023
HB 1201
provide for the election of State Brand Board members. Bipartisan
Yea
Passed
36–32
Feb 22, 2023
HB 1217
modify the requirements for eligibility to vote by absentee ballot. Against party
Yea
Failed
30–38
Feb 22, 2023
HB 1166
revise certain provisions related to mileage reimbursement. Against party
Nay
Passed
55–13
Feb 22, 2023
HB 1070
create the Center for American Exceptionalism at Black Hills State University, make an appropriation therefor, and declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
45–23
Feb 22, 2023
HB 1070
create the Center for American Exceptionalism at Black Hills State University, make an appropriation therefor, and declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
42–26
Feb 22, 2023
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