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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
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3,722
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
SB 22
place certain substances on the controlled substances schedule and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
64–1
Feb 7, 2019
SB 32
revise the composition of the South Dakota Board of Social Work Examiners.
Yea
Passed
57–8
Feb 7, 2019
SB 44
revise the permanent endowment trust, to authorize the Board of Regents to sell certain extraneous real property and to purchase certain real property, to make an appropriation of sale proceeds, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
65–0
Feb 7, 2019
SB 51
revise certain provisions regarding trusts.
Yea
Passed
65–0
Feb 7, 2019
HB 1181
create a habitat conservation emblem specialty plate.
Yea
Passed
64–1
Feb 7, 2019
SB 37
revise certain provisions regarding association health plans.
Yea
Passed
65–0
Feb 7, 2019
HB 1079
allow a person to perform plumbing work on the person's own property without a license and establish a fee.
Yea
Passed
65–1
Feb 6, 2019
HB 1040
establish certain provisions regarding the opportunity scholarship program.
Yea
Passed
66–0
Feb 6, 2019
HB 1088
prohibit the use of certain electronic devices while driving.
Yea
Passed
40–26
Feb 6, 2019
HB 1099
provide for the designation of a caregiver to receive information regarding residents of treatment facilities.
Yea
Passed
65–1
Feb 6, 2019
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