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
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HCR 6010
Encouraging the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council to establish an interim legislative committee on preserving and protecting the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Yea
Passed
60–9
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. Against party
Nay
Passed
50–19
Feb 21, 2025
SB 97
allow the governing body of a municipality to change the use of municipally owned parkland by ordinance. Against party
Nay
Passed
47–21
Feb 21, 2025
HB 1138
reduce a maximum property tax mill levy on owner-occupied single-family dwellings for school district general funds, and to repeal certain sales tax exemptions.
Yea
Passed
9–3
Feb 21, 2025
HB 1225
update and repeal provisions related to the reporting of hospital charge information.
Yea
Passed
69–0
Feb 21, 2025
HB 1266
attach the South Dakota State Brand Board to the Office of School and Public Lands.
Yea
Passed
47–22
Feb 21, 2025
HB 1245
exempt from the state sales and use tax gross receipts for certain services to a partnership.
Yea
Passed
66–4
Feb 20, 2025
HB 1174
revise certain provisions related to the rights and obligations of a father of a child born to an unmarried mother.
Yea
Passed
65–5
Feb 20, 2025
HB 1161
allow additional forms to verify military service for a veteran designation on a commercial driver license or commercial learner's permit.
Yea
Passed
69–1
Feb 20, 2025
HCR 6003
To provide for an interim study regarding property tax reduction and preservation of the American dream to own a home.
Yea
Passed
64–6
Feb 20, 2025
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