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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
HR 1001
To show continued support for local control.
Yea
Passed
57–0
Feb 23, 2018
SB 147
authorize local governing bodies to establish the per diem rate for housing and development commissions.
Yea
Passed
54–0
Feb 23, 2018
HB 1308
revise the distribution of revenue from the alcoholic beverage fund. Against party
Nay
Passed
35–17
Feb 23, 2018
SB 209
revise certain provisions regarding the Nutrient Research and Education Council.
Yea
Passed
54–0
Feb 23, 2018
HB 1285
revise certain provisions regarding community safety zones.
Yea
Passed
54–0
Feb 23, 2018
HB 1170
revise law on notarial acts.
Yea
Passed
51–2
Feb 23, 2018
HB 1286
authorize certain political parties to be classified under alternative political status, to revise certain provisions regarding nominating petitions, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
54–0
Feb 23, 2018
HB 1077
update certain language regarding capital punishment and to revise the mandatory sentence for persons with an intellectual disability convicted of murder in the first degree.
Yea
Passed
56–1
Feb 23, 2018
SCR 8
Requesting federal natural resource agencies to refrain from designating wilderness areas in South Dakota without approval of the Legislature.
Yea
Passed
49–8
Feb 23, 2018
HB 1257
designate certain highways by townships and counties as no maintenance highways.
Yea
Passed
54–0
Feb 23, 2018
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