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
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1,572
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HR 7001
recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Yea
Passed
62–5
Jan 15, 2026
SB 2
authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase and exchange certain real property, to contract for the design of a prison facility, to construct a prison facility in Minnehaha County for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer moneys to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
51–18
Sep 23, 2025
HB 1169
modify the signature requirement for a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment.
Yea
Passed
50–18
Mar 31, 2025
HB 1132
establish provisions for eligibility in the child care assistance program for certain child care employees.
Nay
Failed
27–43
Mar 13, 2025
SB 220
appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and common schools.
Yea
Passed
59–11
Mar 13, 2025
SB 55
revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.
Yea
Passed
58–12
Mar 13, 2025
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