Total votes
1,451
all sessions
Attendance
100%
6 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
80%
of cast votes
Lower than 82% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
12%
some cross-party votes
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
Sponsored
224
bills & resolutions
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
Committees
2
assignments
1,451 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
1,142
voted in favor
Nay
299
voted against
Absent
6
missed votes
Total cast
1,451
across all sessions
Crossed party
276
votes against own party
This page
1,451
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 79
make an appropriation to the South Dakota Board of Technical Education to construct an advanced manufacturing laboratory space and classrooms on the campus of Southeast Technical College and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
14–2
Feb 26, 2026
SB 206
make an appropriation to contract for a study on the length of service award programs for volunteers.
Yea
Passed
12–4
Feb 26, 2026
HB 1048
make an appropriation for the expansion of broadband infrastructure and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
55–11
Feb 26, 2026
SB 174
make an appropriation to defray the operational costs of school districts.
Yea
Passed
14–3
Feb 26, 2026
SB 101
amend provisions pertaining to the duties of presidential electors.
Yea
Passed
66–0
Feb 26, 2026
HB 1204
create the South Dakota school construction fund, provide for the transfer of moneys to the fund, and make an appropriation therefor.
Yea
Passed
11–6
Feb 26, 2026
SB 223
modify the requirements for a petition to refer an excess tax levy of a school district to a vote.
Yea
Failed
32–34
Feb 26, 2026
SB 69
make an appropriation for the purchase of a new Division of Highway Patrol airplane and mission equipment and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
16–1
Feb 26, 2026
SB 32
amend and repeal provisions pertaining to the ballot requirements for certain elections and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
61–5
Feb 26, 2026
SB 81
clarify the prohibition on injuring or harassing a service animal.
Yea
Passed
66–0
Feb 26, 2026
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