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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
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
HB 1009
revise certain provisions regarding state employment.
Yea
Passed
65–0
Jan 16, 2019
HB 1040
establish certain provisions regarding the opportunity scholarship program.
Yea
Passed
62–1
Jan 15, 2019
HB 1030
allow the Office of School and Public Lands to accept internet bidding for the leasing of state minerals.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Jan 15, 2019
HB 1031
authorize certain wind and solar easements and leases by the commissioner of School and Public Lands.
Yea
Passed
53–10
Jan 15, 2019
HB 1006
revise the time requirements for parole reports and plans.
Yea
Passed
62–1
Jan 15, 2019
HB 1004
revise parole date calculation provisions.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Jan 15, 2019
HB 1002
provide for criminal background checks for certain applicants and employees of the Department of Public Safety.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Jan 15, 2019
HB 1039
provide for the use of the Obligation Recovery Center by certain postsecondary technical institutes.
Yea
Passed
62–1
Jan 15, 2019
HB 1005
authorize a hearing panel of the Board of Pardons and Paroles to make clemency recommendations.
Yea
Passed
58–5
Jan 15, 2019
SCR 4
Commending and thanking the men and women of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), urging Congress and the President to fund construction of steel barriers and border control impediments along with the strengthening of current border control infrastructure, and urging Congress and the President to ensure compliance with and enforcement of federal immigration laws.
Yea
Passed
51–13
Jan 14, 2019
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