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
HB 1208
designate an individual using the address of a mail forwarding service or post office box when applying to register as a voter or vote by absentee ballot as a federal voter.
Yea
Passed
46–22
Feb 12, 2025
HB 1166
enhance penalties for the violation of right-to-work statutes and to provide a penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
59–9
Feb 12, 2025
HB 1164
revise the process for nominating candidates for lieutenant governor.
Nay
Failed
5–8
Feb 12, 2025
HJR 5004
Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election amendments to the Constitution to the State of South Dakota, increasing the number of required signatures on a petition to initiate an amendment or measure.
Yea
Passed
13–0
Feb 12, 2025
HB 1243
require an ownership disclosure for any non-individual entity that exercises eminent domain.
Yea
Passed
12–0
Feb 12, 2025
HJR 5006
Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election amendments to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, requiring an intervening general election before consideration of an initiated constitutional amendment or initiated measure having the same subject as a previously rejected initiated amendment or measure.
Yea
Passed
11–2
Feb 12, 2025
HB 1057
transfer moneys from the South Dakota-bred racing fund to the special racing revolving fund.
Yea
Passed
68–0
Feb 11, 2025
SB 81
prohibit the use of a firearms code for transactions involving firearms, accessories, components, and ammunition and to provide a civil penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
68–0
Feb 11, 2025
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