R South Dakota House · District 20 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Jeff Bathke

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Session

Total votes

738

all sessions

Attendance

49%

324 missed

Among the lowest in the chamber

With party

79%

of cast votes

Bipartisan score

13%

some cross-party votes

Voting record

Breaks with party 20% of the time

Yea

268

voted in favor

Nay

94

voted against

Absent

324

missed votes

Total cast

738

across all sessions

Crossed party

71

votes against own party

This page

738

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 127

authorize the expenditure of moneys and make an appropriation for grants supporting airport terminal improvements and expansion. Bipartisan

Yea

Passed

37–32

Mar 10, 2025

SB 216

reduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze.

Yea

Passed

35–34

Mar 10, 2025

SB 95

make an appropriation to the Department of Revenue for distribution to county rural access infrastructure funds and to declare an emergency. Against party

Nay

Passed

42–27

Mar 10, 2025

SB 216

reduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze. Against party

Nay

Passed

46–23

Mar 10, 2025

SB 144

require legislative approval for significant capital expenditures by the Department of Game, Fish and Parks. Against party

Nay

Passed

53–16

Mar 10, 2025

SB 191

limit annual valuation increases on owner-occupied single-family dwellings and provide an exception for mill rate limitations on taxing districts.

Nay

Failed

7–62

Mar 10, 2025

SB 164

prohibit the use of a deepfake to influence an election and to provide a penalty therefor.

Yea

Passed

45–24

Mar 10, 2025

SB 120

update the membership of the Animal Industry Board to include a poultry producer.

Yea

Passed

69–0

Mar 10, 2025

SB 172

provide a rebuttable presumption in favor of joint physical custody of a minor child. Against party

Nay

Passed

35–34

Mar 10, 2025

SJR 503

Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, clarifying that an individual must be a citizen of the United States to be eligible to vote.

Yea

Passed

58–11

Mar 6, 2025