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
This page
1,451
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 4
modify a court's authority to commit a habitual juvenile offender to the Department of Corrections.
Yea
Passed
62–7
Feb 28, 2023
SB 112
reduce certain gross receipts tax rates and a use tax rate, and to repeal a conditional reduction of certain gross receipts tax rates.
Yea
Passed
63–6
Feb 28, 2023
SB 108
provide an educational exception to consumption prohibitions for persons over eighteen years of age who are required to taste an alcoholic beverage as part of a course.
Nay
Passed
36–34
Feb 28, 2023
HB 1090
modify protections for agricultural operations from nuisance claims.
Yea
Passed
63–7
Feb 28, 2023
SB 18
revise the appropriation for a livestock and equestrian complex at the State Fair, and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
51–18
Feb 28, 2023
SB 176
modify certain requirements for removal from the sex offender registry.
Yea
Passed
59–11
Feb 28, 2023
SJR 502
Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election amendments to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota revising and establishing certain constitutional provisions regarding the lieutenant governor and the presiding officers of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Nay
Failed
27–43
Feb 28, 2023
SB 33
amend an appropriation for the revised construction costs of the Mineral Industries Building at the School of Mines and Technology, and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
55–14
Feb 28, 2023
SB 42
modify power of attorney requirements for certain vehicle transfer authorizations.
Yea
Passed
66–4
Feb 28, 2023
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