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 111
require that social media companies provide collected personal data of a user at the user's request and maintain transparent interoperability interfaces. Against party
Nay
Passed
62–3
Feb 25, 2026
HB 1244
repeal the special donations fund and make an appropriation to the Department of Education for the provision of a grant to support the Jobs for America's Graduates-South Dakota program.
Yea
Passed
51–14
Feb 25, 2026
SCR 608
urging collaboration to reduce hunger and food waste in this state under the protections of the 1996 Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act. Against party
Nay
Passed
56–9
Feb 25, 2026
SCR 605
recognizing the significance of the monarch butterfly and encouraging cooperative, voluntary conservation efforts in South Dakota. Against party
Nay
Passed
45–20
Feb 25, 2026
SCR 607
supporting congressional authorization for, and federal participation in, major rural water supply projects identified by the South Dakota Association of Rural Water Systems.
Yea
Passed
57–8
Feb 25, 2026
SB 213
create the building opportunity through out-of-school time program and the building opportunity through out-of-school time program fund, authorize a new fee, make an appropriation therefor, and transfer moneys to the building opportunity through out-of-school time program fund.
Yea
Passed
11–6
Feb 25, 2026
SCR 606
encouraging the review and approval of water rights applications and future use reservations from the Missouri River.
Yea
Passed
61–4
Feb 25, 2026
SB 240
make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
17–0
Feb 24, 2026
HB 1113
establish a manufactured housing downpayment assistance program. Against party
Nay
Passed
45–21
Feb 24, 2026
HB 1300
except victims of human trafficking or domestic abuse from certain clemency notice requirements.
Yea
Passed
66–0
Feb 24, 2026
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