Total votes
2,969
all sessions
Attendance
91%
221 missed
Lower than 97% of chamber peers
With party
96%
of cast votes
Higher than 77% 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
This page
2,969
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 147
authorize local governing bodies to establish the per diem rate for housing and development commissions.
Yea
Passed
54–0
Feb 23, 2018
HB 1308
revise the distribution of revenue from the alcoholic beverage fund. Against party
Yea
Passed
35–17
Feb 23, 2018
SB 209
revise certain provisions regarding the Nutrient Research and Education Council.
Yea
Passed
54–0
Feb 23, 2018
HB 1286
authorize certain political parties to be classified under alternative political status, to revise certain provisions regarding nominating petitions, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
54–0
Feb 23, 2018
HB 1077
update certain language regarding capital punishment and to revise the mandatory sentence for persons with an intellectual disability convicted of murder in the first degree.
Yea
Passed
56–1
Feb 23, 2018
SCR 8
Requesting federal natural resource agencies to refrain from designating wilderness areas in South Dakota without approval of the Legislature. Against party
Yea
Passed
49–8
Feb 23, 2018
HB 1257
designate certain highways by townships and counties as no maintenance highways.
Yea
Passed
54–0
Feb 23, 2018
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