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
13%
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
312
votes against own party
This page
1,572
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1286
amend the process by which moneys are distributed from the employer's investment in South Dakota's future fund.
Yea
Passed
12–0
Feb 11, 2026
HB 1080
allow a business owner who is a veteran to display military specialty plates on a noncommercial vehicle registered to the veteran's business and to limit personal liability to the business owner and veteran.
Yea
Passed
65–1
Feb 11, 2026
HB 1183
revise qualifications for immunity from prosecution following a drug-related overdose.
Yea
Passed
64–1
Feb 11, 2026
SJR 503
applying to the United States Congress for a convention of the states to propose amendments to the United States Constitution regarding the imposition of fiscal restraints on the federal government, further limiting the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limiting the terms of office for members of Congress and other federal officials.
Yea
Failed
6–6
Feb 11, 2026
HB 1187
add coaches to the list of mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect.
Yea
Passed
66–0
Feb 11, 2026
HB 1238
protect financial institutions taking action to prevent the financial exploitation of consenting, senior, or vulnerable adults.
Yea
Passed
11–1
Feb 11, 2026
HB 1165
establish basic and advanced esthetics licenses, and to revise the licensure chapter for cosmetology, nail technology, and esthetics. Against party
Yea
Failed
27–38
Feb 11, 2026
HB 1173
require certain applicants that seek a permit from the Public Utilities Commission of the State of South Dakota to prepare and pay for an environmental impact statement.
Yea
Passed
8–4
Feb 11, 2026
HB 1198
require that certain facilities obtain conditional use permits from adjacent political subdivisions.
Yea
Passed
9–4
Feb 11, 2026
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