Total votes
1,571
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
1,571 roll-call votes
Voting record
Breaks with party 21% of the time
Yea
1,217
voted in favor
Nay
347
voted against
Absent
1
missed votes
Total cast
1,571
across all sessions
Crossed party
314
votes against own party
This page
1,571
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1027
make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Jan 31, 2023
SB 11
update the deposit threshold for actions related to general rate cases. Against party
Nay
Passed
58–9
Jan 31, 2023
HB 1026
make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Jan 31, 2023
HB 1111
increase campaign contribution limits for statewide, legislative, and county campaigns.
Nay
Failed
30–37
Jan 31, 2023
HB 1108
revise provisions related to abandoned mobile or manufactured homes.
Yea
Passed
10–0
Jan 31, 2023
HB 1046
provide free tuition at Board of Technical Education institutions for children or spouses of members of the South Dakota National Guard disabled or deceased in the line of duty. Against party
Nay
Passed
63–2
Jan 30, 2023
HCR 6004
Encouraging the Executive Board of the Legislature to authorize an interim study of the licensure and nomenclature of emergency medical and advanced life support personnel.
Yea
Passed
64–1
Jan 30, 2023
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