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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
9%
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
476
votes against own party
This page
3,722
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
HB 1108
adopt the Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Feb 24, 2020
HB 1136
provide for the licensure and regulation of practitioners of acupuncture and Oriental medicine and to establish the Acupuncture Licensing Board and acupuncture regulation fund.
Nay
Failed
20–43
Feb 24, 2020
HB 1172
require the annual submission of a zero-based budget from certain departments or budget units.
Yea
Passed
5–3
Feb 24, 2020
HB 1035
make an appropriation from the water and environment fund and its revolving fund subfunds for various water and environmental purposes, to revise the water resources projects list, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
61–0
Feb 24, 2020
HB 1195
provide for the dismissal of charges against pregnant women for certain controlled substance offenses under certain circumstances.
Yea
Passed
62–1
Feb 24, 2020
HB 1156
to prohibit the conduct of certain physical examinations or screenings on students in a school district without parental consent.
Absent
Failed
29–31
Feb 21, 2020
HB 1125
revise conditions for selling non-temperature-controlled baked goods without license.
Absent
Passed
61–0
Feb 21, 2020
HB 1081
exempt from alcoholic beverage regulations certain uses of alcohol by postsecondary institutions.
Absent
Passed
49–12
Feb 21, 2020
HCR 6007
Supporting students and other persons afflicted by epilepsy and raising awareness of epilepsy in South Dakota.
Absent
Passed
60–1
Feb 21, 2020
HB 1279
require property owners to receive notification of property tax reduction programs.
Absent
Passed
61–0
Feb 21, 2020
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