Total votes
1,451
all sessions
Attendance
100%
6 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
80%
of cast votes
Lower than 83% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
12%
some cross-party votes
Higher than 79% 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
272
votes against own party
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1,451
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 35
make an appropriation to expand laboratory space at the Sanford Underground Research Facility and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
55–13
Mar 1, 2023
SB 158
make an appropriation to provide funding for major infrastructure projects to support South Dakota airports.
Nay
Failed
18–50
Mar 1, 2023
SB 120
increase an amount of property value owned by a local industrial development corporation that is exempt from taxation. Against party
Nay
Passed
43–25
Mar 1, 2023
SB 79
make an appropriation to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to improve and repair infrastructure around Hiddenwood Lake and to declare an emergency.
Nay
Failed
22–45
Mar 1, 2023
SB 180
address requirements for the execution of a living will. Against party
Nay
Passed
43–25
Mar 1, 2023
HB 1108
revise provisions related to abandoned mobile or manufactured homes.
Yea
Passed
68–0
Mar 1, 2023
SB 145
revise provisions pertaining to township eligibility for the rural access infrastructure fund.
Yea
Passed
68–0
Mar 1, 2023
SB 21
make an appropriation for costs related to the Black Hills National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan revision process and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
56–11
Mar 1, 2023
SB 74
provide for the establishment of regional jail authorities. Against party
Nay
Passed
45–23
Mar 1, 2023
SB 191
establish the task force to address the welfare of Indian children in South Dakota.
Nay
Failed
26–42
Mar 1, 2023
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