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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
HCR 1012
Urging the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to identify a regulatory path to provide Reid vapor pressure (RVP) relief to E15.
Yea
Passed
52–7
Feb 22, 2018
HB 1202
make an appropriation to the University of South Dakota law school.
Yea
Passed
10–1
Feb 22, 2018
HB 1318
authorize the South Dakota Health and Educational Facilities Authority to transfer or grant excess reserves to any South Dakota governmental entity.
Yea
Passed
45–16
Feb 22, 2018
HB 1200
revise certain on-sale full-service restaurant alcoholic beverage license provisions and to authorize municipalities and counties to lease on-sale full-service restaurant alcoholic beverage licenses. Bipartisan
Nay
Passed
33–28
Feb 22, 2018
SB 118
create a veterans cemetery fund and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
10–1
Feb 22, 2018
HB 1067
revise certain provisions regarding the licensing of wineries. Against party
Nay
Passed
53–9
Feb 22, 2018
HB 1192
revise certain programs and promote efficiency in state government and to make an appropriation therefor.
Yea
Passed
43–13
Feb 22, 2018
HB 1160
transfer victim services from the Department of Social Services to the Department of Public Safety, to increase a surcharge to increase revenues to the crime victims' compensation fund, and to revise certain provisions regarding the awarding of claims from the fund.
Yea
Passed
60–2
Feb 22, 2018
HB 1192
revise certain programs and promote efficiency in state government and to make an appropriation therefor.
Yea
Passed
10–0
Feb 22, 2018
SB 61
revise certain provisions regarding sex offender registration.
Yea
Passed
61–0
Feb 22, 2018
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