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
SB 29
allow eligible members of the South Dakota National Guard attending an in-state private, nonprofit post-secondary institution to receive the state tuition benefit.
Yea
Passed
68–1
Feb 28, 2024
SB 67
provide for the sale of certain real estate located in Hughes County and to provide for the deposit of the proceeds into a continuously appropriated fund.
Yea
Passed
65–3
Feb 28, 2024
SB 71
remove a prohibition on the ability of law enforcement and various governmental entities to inspect, search, seize, prosecute, or impose disciplinary action on cannabis dispensaries, cultivation facilities, manufacturing facilities, and testing facilities.
Yea
Passed
59–9
Feb 28, 2024
SB 70
make an appropriation for the replacement of the Richmond Lake dam and spillway, for the general maintenance and repair of other state-owned dams, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
68–0
Feb 28, 2024
SB 190
require a comparison of reemployment assistance recipients against death records for reemployment assistance eligibility integrity.
Yea
Passed
69–0
Feb 27, 2024
SB 173
provide a landowner-on-own-land license for antlerless elk. Against party
Nay
Passed
12–1
Feb 27, 2024
SB 6
revise provisions related to death by distribution of a Schedule I or II substance.
Yea
Passed
66–3
Feb 27, 2024
SJR 501
Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election, an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, authorizing the state to impose work requirements on certain individuals who are eligible for expanded Medicaid.
Yea
Passed
63–6
Feb 27, 2024
SB 90
revise and repeal provisions related to forcible entry and detainer.
Yea
Passed
60–9
Feb 27, 2024
SB 170
repeal and replace an appropriation regarding the South Dakota women's prison and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
65–4
Feb 27, 2024
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