Total votes
1,326
all sessions
Attendance
85%
186 missed
Among the lowest in the chamber
With party
89%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
7%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
168
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
0
assignments
1,326 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
1,115
voted in favor
Nay
146
voted against
Absent
186
missed votes
Total cast
1,326
across all sessions
Crossed party
136
votes against own party
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HJR 5003
Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next primary election a new section to Article XI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to a three-fifths vote requirement for certain initiated or Legislature-proposed constitutional amendments and initiated or Legislature-referred measures. Against party
Nay
Passed
18–16
Mar 2, 2021
SB 191
provide an appropriation for a study regarding the future renovation and expansion of the Meat Laboratory on the campus of South Dakota State University and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
34–0
Mar 2, 2021
SB 186
make an appropriation for behavioral and mental health service support in crisis stabilization and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
33–1
Mar 1, 2021
HB 1085
redefine the criteria for classifying land as agricultural for tax purposes.
Yea
Passed
28–6
Mar 1, 2021
HB 1084
revise provisions regarding the duration of restrictive contracts or declarations.
Yea
Passed
33–1
Mar 1, 2021
SB 156
authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the construction of a Mineral Industry Building and the demolition of the old Mineral Industry Building on the campus of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
33–1
Mar 1, 2021
HB 1203
authorize banks to engage in business with industrial hemp or marijuana licensees and associated persons.
Yea
Passed
32–2
Mar 1, 2021
SB 132
make an appropriation for the benefit of South Dakota and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
30–1
Feb 25, 2021
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