R South Dakota Senate · District 11 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Chris Karr

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Session

Total votes

3,722

all sessions

Attendance

96%

120 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

86%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

9%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

2,953

voted in favor

Nay

579

voted against

Absent

120

missed votes

Total cast

3,722

across all sessions

Crossed party

476

votes against own party

This page

3,722

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1156

make an appropriation to enhance the economic health of South Dakota.

Yea

Passed

50–11

Feb 8, 2024

HB 1186

define the requirements for granting a carbon pipeline easement. Against party

Nay

Passed

39–22

Feb 8, 2024

HB 1198

revise the process for nominating candidates for the offices of lieutenant governor, attorney general, and secretary of state.

Nay

Failed

30–34

Feb 7, 2024

SB 14

expand authorization for the conditional taking of coyotes from snowmobiles.

Yea

Passed

62–2

Feb 7, 2024

HB 1194

clarify provisions pertaining to tax increment finance districts.

Yea

Passed

59–5

Feb 6, 2024

HB 1156

make an appropriation to enhance the economic health of South Dakota.

Absent

Passed

8–0

Feb 6, 2024

HB 1089

exclude certain crimes from presumptive probation.

Yea

Passed

64–0

Feb 6, 2024

SB 16

make appropriations for water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

61–3

Feb 6, 2024

HB 1195

provide authority for a court to order offenders convicted of vehicular homicide to pay restitution to a victim's children until age eighteen.

Yea

Passed

64–0

Feb 6, 2024

HB 1192

enhance the penalty for rape of a child twelve years of age or under.

Yea

Passed

64–0

Feb 6, 2024