R South Dakota House · District 16

Rep. Karla Lems

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Session

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

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

This page

1,572

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1073

designate contact information provided on a voter registration form as not for public inspection.

Absent

Passed

7–5

Jan 27, 2025

HB 1007

prohibit use of the South Dakota public utilities commission gross receipts tax fund for reimbursement of costs incurred by the Public Utilities Commission.

Yea

Passed

57–10

Jan 27, 2025

HB 1034

make an appropriation for costs related to the suppression of wildfires impacting the state and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

67–0

Jan 27, 2025

HB 1067

define the term "must."

Yea

Passed

65–2

Jan 27, 2025

HB 1048

require that cash be accepted for certain transactions.

Yea

Passed

13–0

Jan 27, 2025

HB 1052

prohibit the exercise of eminent domain for a pipeline that carries carbon oxide.

Yea

Passed

10–3

Jan 24, 2025

HB 1007

prohibit use of the South Dakota public utilities commission gross receipts tax fund for reimbursement of costs incurred by the Public Utilities Commission.

Yea

Passed

10–3

Jan 24, 2025

HB 1008

include a hybrid facility as a facility to be regulated by the Public Utilities Commission.

Yea

Passed

13–0

Jan 24, 2025

HB 1011

revise provisions related to the stenographic recording of certain proceedings.

Yea

Passed

68–0

Jan 23, 2025

HB 1023

modify the definition of a conviction for purposes of license revocation. Against party

Nay

Passed

38–30

Jan 23, 2025