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
SB 106
modify the amount required to be set aside for extraordinary expenses incurred in providing special education programs.
Yea
Passed
54–15
Mar 9, 2026
HB 1200
make an appropriation for victim services provided by nonprofit organizations.
Yea
Passed
59–10
Mar 9, 2026
HB 1209
require employment verification eligibility through the e-verify program and to provide a penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
62–7
Mar 9, 2026
SB 121
transfer moneys and make an appropriation for the replacement of the Richmond Lake dam and spillway and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
66–3
Mar 9, 2026
SB 74
transfer moneys to the general fund from the budget reserve fund and the general revenue replacement fund, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
55–14
Mar 9, 2026
SB 159
revise requirements pertaining to the minimum age for marriage. Bipartisan
Yea
Passed
40–27
Mar 5, 2026
SB 76
authorize loans from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund for airport infrastructure. Against party
Nay
Passed
43–24
Mar 5, 2026
SB 171
amend provisions pertaining to the processing of absentee ballots and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
56–11
Mar 5, 2026
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