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
SB 56
revise certain provisions relating to the South Dakota Retirement System.
Yea
Passed
65–0
Mar 3, 2022
SB 43
authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the design, renovation, and construction of an addition for a health sciences center at Black Hills State University–Rapid City, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
58–7
Mar 3, 2022
SB 61
make an appropriation to the Board of Technical Education to support the purchase of simulation equipment for a health sciences clinical simulation center on the campus of Southeast Technical College and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
60–4
Mar 3, 2022
SB 108
repeal certain reporting requirements to the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council.
Yea
Passed
65–1
Mar 2, 2022
HCR 6014
Urging the federal government to fulfill treaty obligations by fully funding the Oglala and Rosebud Sioux Tribe Departments of Public Safety for the public safety crisis on the Pine Ridge and Rosebud Sioux Reservations.
Yea
Passed
8–4
Mar 2, 2022
SB 167
clarify the certification process for teachers and school administrators.
Yea
Passed
52–14
Mar 2, 2022
SB 24
establish a maximum number of cannabis plants that may be cultivated by a medical cannabis cardholder.
Nay
Passed
49–17
Mar 2, 2022
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