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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 156
make an appropriation for the payment of certain delinquent taxes.
Yea
Passed
7–0
Feb 25, 2019
HB 1177
provide an opportunity to view a sonogram and hear the child's heartbeat prior to an abortion.
Yea
Passed
55–9
Feb 25, 2019
HB 1090
repeal certain provisions regarding the exercise of certain powers over certain property.
Yea
Passed
61–0
Feb 25, 2019
HB 1212
make an appropriation to fund the industrial hemp licensure program and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
7–1
Feb 25, 2019
HB 1209
revise certain provisions regarding vapor products. Against party
Nay
Passed
44–19
Feb 25, 2019
HB 1251
license out-of-state multi-jurisdictional totalizator hubs and distribute source market fees to the special racing revolving fund and the South Dakota-bred racing fund.
Yea
Passed
42–22
Feb 25, 2019
HB 1272
provide for remote notarization.
Yea
Passed
61–0
Feb 25, 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
7–1
Feb 25, 2019
SB 8
provide for a statewide resource information system. Against party
Nay
Passed
7–2
Feb 25, 2019
HB 1246
provide for increase in participation of entrepreneurship and state economic development initiatives by the nine federally recognized tribes in South Dakota.
Yea
Passed
63–1
Feb 25, 2019
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