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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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1025
authorize the Department of Corrections to construct a prison facility for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections in Lincoln County, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer moneys to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency.
Nay
Failed
35–35
Feb 24, 2025
SB 71
revise provisions pertaining to the compulsory age for school attendance.
Yea
Passed
61–9
Feb 24, 2025
HB 1026
make an appropriation for the replacement of the Richmond Lake dam and spillway, for the general maintenance and repair of other state-owned dams, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
70–0
Feb 24, 2025
SCR 605
Promoting a resilient and healthy Black Hills forest through active forest management and retention of the current forest products industry.
Yea
Passed
63–6
Feb 21, 2025
HB 1085
establish a moratorium on the construction of carbon dioxide pipelines in this state.
Yea
Passed
7–6
Feb 21, 2025
HB 1186
provide for the revision and eventual repeal of the employer's investment in South Dakota's future fee.
Yea
Passed
9–2
Feb 21, 2025
HB 1025
authorize the Department of Corrections to construct a prison facility for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections in Lincoln County, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer moneys to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency. Bipartisan
Nay
Passed
37–32
Feb 21, 2025
SB 72
revise the payor of autopsy costs in certain circumstances. Against party
Nay
Passed
65–3
Feb 21, 2025
HB 1229
provide an exemption from certain property taxation for owner-occupied single-family dwellings, and to limit the taxes due on property over the previous year.
Yea
Passed
8–3
Feb 21, 2025
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