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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
Tally
Date
HB 1227
make an appropriation for the rural veterinary medical education program and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
56–7
Mar 4, 2020
SB 167
revise a provision regarding eligibility for the South Dakota opportunity scholarship.
Yea
Passed
62–1
Mar 4, 2020
SB 142
establish certain restrictions regarding the state subsidized dual credit program.
Yea
Passed
62–1
Mar 4, 2020
SB 170
revise certain provisions regarding school district capital outlay funds.
Yea
Passed
61–2
Mar 4, 2020
SB 148
adopt the Uniform Power of Attorney Act.
Yea
Passed
62–1
Mar 4, 2020
HB 1187
make an appropriation to upgrade the state radio infrastructure system and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Mar 4, 2020
HB 1046
authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the design, renovation of, and addition to, the Devereaux Library on the campus of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and to make an appropriation therefor.
Yea
Passed
46–17
Mar 4, 2020
SB 33
authorize the Department of the Military to construct a storage building located in Brown County, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Mar 4, 2020
SB 174
revise the purposes for which a school district's capital outlay fund may be used. Against party
Nay
Passed
46–17
Mar 4, 2020
HCR 6020
Denouncing the National Education Association's recent policy to support "the fundamental right to abortion." Against party
Nay
Passed
43–17
Mar 4, 2020
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