R South Dakota Senate · District 11 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Chris Karr

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Session

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

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

SR 701

recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Yea

Passed

18–15

Jan 15, 2026

SCR 601

encouraging honest economic development rooted in the republican principles of limited government, deregulation, and organic entrepreneurial growth. Bipartisan

Yea

Failed

16–17

Jan 15, 2026

SR 701

recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Jan 15, 2026

SB 2

authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase and exchange certain real property, to contract for the design of a prison facility, to construct a prison facility in Minnehaha County for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer moneys to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

24–11

Sep 23, 2025

HB 1169

modify the signature requirement for a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment.

Yea

Failed

16–16

Mar 31, 2025

SB 55

revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.

Yea

Passed

33–2

Mar 13, 2025

HB 1046

revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025.

Yea

Passed

31–3

Mar 13, 2025

SB 220

appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and common schools.

Yea

Passed

34–1

Mar 13, 2025

SB 113

provide protections for parental rights.

Yea

Passed

31–4

Mar 12, 2025

SB 68

require an individual be a citizen of the United States before being eligible to vote and to provide a penalty therefor.

Yea

Passed

32–2

Mar 12, 2025