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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matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1017
permit the board of a school district to require that certain students receive instruction in alternative settings.
Yea
Passed
49–18
Feb 20, 2026
SB 116
make an appropriation for the design and construction of an indoor athletics facility at Dakota State University and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
56–11
Feb 20, 2026
SB 72
extend the time for reverting moneys appropriated for the modernization of the state's enterprise resource planning systems.
Yea
Passed
55–12
Feb 20, 2026
HB 1017
permit the board of a school district to require that certain students receive instruction in alternative settings.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Feb 20, 2026
HB 1072
provide an appropriation for a payment for state employee salaries.
Absent
Passed
16–0
Feb 19, 2026
HB 1254
exempt any soil amendment used exclusively for agricultural purposes from sales tax.
Yea
Passed
65–1
Feb 19, 2026
HB 1220
regulate the sale of nicotine products, and to provide a penalty therefor. Against party
Nay
Passed
40–25
Feb 19, 2026
HB 1222
prohibit members of the Board of Economic Development from having any interest in moneys from or approved by the Board of Economic Development. Against party
Yea
Failed
29–36
Feb 19, 2026
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