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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
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3,722
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 191
provide emergency authority to counties, community improvement districts, and municipalities in the event of a public health crisis and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
36–25
Mar 30, 2020
HB 1042
revise the special education property tax levy for school districts and to revise the state aid to special education formula.
Yea
Passed
8–1
Mar 12, 2020
HB 1008
legalize the growth, production, and transportation of industrial hemp in the state, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
55–7
Mar 12, 2020
HB 1233
make an appropriation to the gaming commission fund, to provide for the transfer of funds to the special racing revolving fund and the South Dakota-bred racing fund, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
58–4
Mar 12, 2020
SB 2
require the Department of Social Services to fully support a statewide centralized resource information system.
Yea
Passed
45–16
Mar 12, 2020
SB 38
revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2020.
Yea
Passed
49–12
Mar 12, 2020
HB 1042
revise the special education property tax levy for school districts and to revise the state aid to special education formula.
Yea
Passed
55–7
Mar 12, 2020
HB 1266
establish the Dakota's promise scholarship program and the Dakota's promise fund.
Yea
Passed
54–8
Mar 12, 2020
SB 38
revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2020.
Yea
Passed
8–1
Mar 12, 2020
HB 1294
appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.
Yea
Passed
8–1
Mar 12, 2020
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