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
HB 1218
address the imposition of firearm restrictions on certain employees, officers, volunteers, and other individuals.
Nay
Passed
35–34
Mar 11, 2025
HB 1239
revise certain provisions related to the restriction of access to obscene materials in a public library or public school library.
Nay
Passed
36–34
Mar 11, 2025
HB 1230
revise a provision related to unauthorized distribution of fentanyl and provide a penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
66–4
Mar 11, 2025
SB 55
revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.
Yea
Passed
16–1
Mar 11, 2025
HB 1062
amend provisions pertaining to the maintenance and publication of the statewide voter registration file.
Yea
Passed
52–17
Mar 11, 2025
HB 1169
modify the signature requirement for a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment.
Yea
Passed
63–6
Mar 11, 2025
HB 1007
prohibit use of the South Dakota public utilities commission gross receipts tax fund for reimbursement of costs incurred by the Public Utilities Commission.
Yea
Passed
68–0
Mar 11, 2025
HB 1135
provide opportunities for treatment courts for South Dakotans, create a workgroup to study rehabilitation programs, and declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
61–8
Mar 11, 2025
SB 189
appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.
Yea
Passed
17–0
Mar 11, 2025
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