Total votes
2,969
all sessions
Attendance
91%
221 missed
Lower than 99% of chamber peers
With party
96%
of cast votes
Higher than 76% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
5%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
461
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
0
assignments
2,969 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
2,263
voted in favor
Nay
401
voted against
Absent
221
missed votes
Total cast
2,969
across all sessions
Crossed party
101
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1019
make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency.
Nay
Passed
53–10
Feb 17, 2022
HB 1329
require a forensic audit of election results after each presidential general election.
Nay
Passed
33–31
Feb 17, 2022
HB 1287
revise certain provisions regarding the crime of rape and provide a penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
53–10
Feb 17, 2022
HB 1308
provide for the payment of signing bonuses to school district staff members.
Yea
Passed
64–0
Feb 17, 2022
HB 1018
make an appropriation for the construction of a storage garage in Rapid City and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
60–3
Feb 17, 2022
HB 1127
modify provisions related to county redistricting. Against party
Yea
Passed
53–10
Feb 17, 2022
HB 1311
clarify the means of voluntarily terminating a relationship between a birth mother and a child.
Nay
Failed
27–37
Feb 17, 2022
HB 1282
allow inpatient psychiatric facility placement alternatives for certain patients.
Yea
Passed
65–0
Feb 16, 2022
HJR 5003
proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election a new section to Article VI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the definition of a human being.
Nay
Passed
8–4
Feb 16, 2022
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