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R South Dakota Senate · District 11 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Chris Karr

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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
8%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
244
bills & resolutions
Lower than 88% of chamber peers
Committees
10
assignments
3,722 roll-call votes

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
482
votes against own party
This page
3,722
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
SB 200
authorize participation in contracts by certain board members and employees of water districts.
Yea
Passed
52–14
Feb 23, 2023
HB 1241
waive the fee for nondriver identification cards for individuals who are homeless and to make an appropriation therefor.
Yea
Passed
11–6
Feb 23, 2023
SB 60
make an appropriation for completing improvements of the road leading to the former entrance into Palisades State Park and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
13–3
Feb 23, 2023
SB 62
amend provisions regarding delivery of electronic insurance documents.
Yea
Passed
59–7
Feb 23, 2023
HB 1030
make an appropriation for the revised construction costs of the bioproducts facility in Brookings, and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
47–19
Feb 23, 2023
SB 63
authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the design and construction of a year-round rodeo practice facility on the campus of South Dakota State University, together with equipment and furnishings, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
12–5
Feb 22, 2023
SB 63
authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the design and construction of a year-round rodeo practice facility on the campus of South Dakota State University, together with equipment and furnishings, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. Against party
Yea
Failed
6–11
Feb 22, 2023
HB 1127
make an appropriation to support volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Feb 22, 2023
HB 1167
annually adjust the rate for community-based providers to one hundred percent of methodology.
Yea
Passed
42–25
Feb 22, 2023
HB 1118
make an appropriation to support the South Dakota Small Business Development Center and the South Dakota Procurement Technical Assistance Center, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
17–0
Feb 22, 2023
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