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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 175
make an appropriation for the South Dakota Ellsworth Development Authority and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
60–0
Mar 5, 2019
SB 99
establish certain provisions regarding commercial security deposits.
Yea
Passed
59–0
Mar 4, 2019
SB 1
add a legislator to the membership of the Extraordinary Cost Oversight Board, to establish the board in statute, and to repeal the administrative rules creating the board.
Yea
Passed
59–0
Mar 4, 2019
SB 16
establish certain provisions regarding financial security for the decommissioning of wind turbines.
Yea
Passed
44–15
Mar 4, 2019
SB 96
expand application of the tax credit for contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Against party
Nay
Passed
35–24
Mar 4, 2019
SB 68
define certain acts as misbranding of food products.
Yea
Passed
59–0
Mar 4, 2019
SB 124
provide for the transportation of alcoholic beverages by retail licensees.
Yea
Passed
56–3
Mar 4, 2019
SB 123
provide for the adoption of privacy protection policies.
Yea
Passed
51–8
Mar 4, 2019
SB 155
authorize additional nursing facility beds for the Michael J. Fitzmaurice Veterans Home.
Yea
Passed
59–0
Mar 4, 2019
SB 59
revise certain provisions regarding public records.
Yea
Passed
50–9
Mar 4, 2019
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