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 6
authorize a loan from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund to a school district adjoining a federal military installation for the construction or expansion of a school building.
Yea
Passed
17–0
Feb 25, 2025
HB 1114
make an appropriation for the purchasing of equipment to support the South Dakota Board of Technical Education. Against party
Nay
Passed
44–26
Feb 25, 2025
HB 1115
establish the crime of aggravated criminal entry of a motor vehicle with the intent to steal a firearm or firearm silencer, to make offenders ineligible for presumptive probation, and to provide a penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
56–14
Feb 25, 2025
HB 1235
reduce a limit on the annual increases of property tax revenues payable to certain taxing districts, and to subject school districts to a limit on property taxes collected in a year.
Yea
Passed
39–31
Feb 25, 2025
HB 1135
provide opportunities for treatment courts for South Dakotans, create a workgroup to study rehabilitation programs, and declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
53–15
Feb 25, 2025
HB 1039
amend the programs reimbursing a teacher or school counselor for earning national board certification.
Yea
Passed
66–4
Feb 25, 2025
HB 1005
modify the requirement for payment of a private home study by the Department of Social Services.
Yea
Passed
70–0
Feb 25, 2025
SB 93
prohibit payment or rebate of insurance deductibles by contractors providing motor vehicle repair services.
Yea
Passed
64–5
Feb 25, 2025
HB 1249
protect landowners from the use of deception, fraud, harassment, intimidation, misrepresentation, or threat, in acquiring easements or easement options.
Yea
Passed
36–34
Feb 25, 2025
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