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 1053
require age verification by websites containing material that is harmful to minors, and to provide a penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
11–2
Jan 17, 2025
HJR 5001
Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, conditioning the requirement of expanded Medicaid on the level of federal medical assistance.
Yea
Passed
11–2
Jan 17, 2025
HJR 5003
Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, requiring that a constitutional amendment receive an affirmative vote of sixty percent of the votes cast before the measure is enacted.
Yea
Passed
11–2
Jan 17, 2025
SB 51
revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.
Yea
Passed
68–1
Mar 7, 2024
HB 1257
require the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council to establish an interim study committee on minors' access to pornographic material. Against party
Nay
Passed
43–26
Mar 7, 2024
HB 1140
revise certain provisions relating to petitions containing illegal actions and to declare an emergency.
Nay
Failed
34–35
Mar 7, 2024
HB 1157
make an appropriation for the economic development of South Dakota.
Yea
Passed
68–1
Mar 7, 2024
HB 1259
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 for common schools. Against party
Nay
Passed
60–9
Mar 7, 2024
HB 1140
revise certain provisions relating to petitions containing illegal actions and to declare an emergency. Bipartisan
Nay
Passed
37–32
Mar 7, 2024
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