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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%
120 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
120
missed votes
Total cast
3,722
across all sessions
Crossed party
477
votes against own party
This page
3,722
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1062
authorize the Board of Regents to purchase unimproved real property in Brown County, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
9–1
Feb 1, 2018
SB 22
allow commercial driver license applicants three attempts to pass the commercial driver license examination. Against party
Nay
Passed
42–5
Feb 1, 2018
SCR 6
Recognizing the seventieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 2018, and the celebration of Human Rights Day.
Nay
Passed
25–21
Feb 1, 2018
HCR 1006
Commemorating the life of George Speaker Mickelson and calling for a bust of Mickelson to be displayed in the lobby of the State House of Representatives.
Yea
Passed
47–0
Feb 1, 2018
HB 1137
revise certain provisions regarding the registration of lobbyists.
Yea
Passed
47–0
Feb 1, 2018
SB 66
require each school board to provide certain information regarding school elections in the school board minutes.
Yea
Passed
40–7
Feb 1, 2018
HB 1121
revise the fees for certain on-sale and off-sale retail liquor licenses. Against party
Nay
Passed
36–11
Feb 1, 2018
SB 49
authorize the Board of Regents to purchase unimproved agricultural real property in Brookings County, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
43–4
Feb 1, 2018
HB 1061
authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the construction of two athletic and recreation fields and related structures at Northern State University, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
9–1
Feb 1, 2018
SB 28
make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
44–1
Feb 1, 2018
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