Total votes
832
all sessions
Attendance
100%
of floor votes
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
With party
77%
of cast votes
Lower than 86% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
14%
some cross-party votes
Higher than 85% of chamber peers
Sponsored
280
bills & resolutions
Higher than 93% of chamber peers
Committees
5
assignments
832 roll-call votes
Voting record
Breaks with party 23% of the time
Yea
652
voted in favor
Nay
175
voted against
Absent
0
missed votes
Total cast
832
across all sessions
Crossed party
184
votes against own party
This page
832
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SJR 508
proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election, amendments to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, removing the lieutenant governor as presiding officer of the Senate. Against party
Yea
Failed
25–42
Mar 4, 2026
HB 1194
clarify authority for the Cosmetology Commission to credit work experience for educational hours for certain out-of-state licensure applicants, and to require the commission to promulgate rules therefor.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Mar 4, 2026
SB 151
require the publication of the results of an election for precinct committeeman or committeewoman and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Mar 4, 2026
SB 175
require that an individual provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
64–3
Mar 4, 2026
SB 44
establish investigative subpoena authority to gather business records in certain investigations. Against party
Nay
Passed
52–15
Mar 4, 2026
SB 43
address search and seizure provisions applicable to digital currency.
Yea
Passed
65–1
Mar 3, 2026
SB 231
create the water infrastructure development fund, to provide an appropriation, to provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the fund for certain rural water projects and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
60–7
Mar 3, 2026
SB 131
revise the season in which a nonprofit organization may host a special pheasant hunt for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients.
Yea
Passed
66–0
Mar 3, 2026
SB 240
make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
64–2
Mar 3, 2026
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