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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%
121 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
121
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
SB 176
make an appropriation for the second century habitat fund.
Yea
Passed
38–24
Mar 29, 2019
HB 1186
repeal the termination of the juvenile detention cost-sharing fund.
Yea
Passed
45–18
Mar 29, 2019
SB 191
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
50–5
Mar 13, 2019
SB 181
provide for the transfer of funds from the budget reserve fund and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
55–0
Mar 13, 2019
SB 180
revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2019.
Yea
Passed
54–1
Mar 13, 2019
SB 172
make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
55–0
Mar 13, 2019
HB 1087
promote free speech and intellectual diversity at certain institutions of higher education.
Yea
Passed
47–12
Mar 12, 2019
SB 146
revise certain provisions regarding licenses for speech-language pathology services.
Yea
Passed
49–11
Mar 12, 2019
SB 128
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
47–11
Mar 12, 2019
HB 1250
revise certain provisions regarding professional counselors and marriage and family therapists.
Nay
Passed
33–29
Mar 12, 2019
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