Total votes
1,451
all sessions
Attendance
100%
6 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
80%
of cast votes
Lower than 82% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
12%
some cross-party votes
Higher than 80% 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
276
votes against own party
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matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 136
make an appropriation for grants to support the purchase of personal protective equipment by volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Mar 4, 2026
SB 3
limit the types of residential improvements for which counties, municipalities, and townships may require a permit.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Mar 4, 2026
SB 198
restrict the use of a cell phone by a student during the school day. Against party
Nay
Passed
50–17
Mar 4, 2026
SB 74
transfer moneys to the general fund from the budget reserve fund and the general revenue replacement fund, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 4, 2026
SB 37
make appropriations for water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
66–1
Mar 4, 2026
SB 124
temporarily prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of any product containing cell-cultured protein, and to provide a penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
63–4
Mar 4, 2026
SB 49
safeguard the integrity, privacy, and security of genetic data and provide a civil penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
65–2
Mar 4, 2026
SB 79
make an appropriation to the South Dakota Board of Technical Education to construct an advanced manufacturing laboratory space and classrooms on the campus of Southeast Technical College and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
53–14
Mar 4, 2026
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