R South Dakota Senate · District 17 · Former member

Sen. Arthur L. Rusch

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Total votes

2,180

all sessions

Attendance

97%

43 missed

Higher than 82% of chamber peers

With party

91%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

5%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

1,921

voted in favor

Nay

194

voted against

Absent

43

missed votes

Total cast

2,180

across all sessions

Crossed party

183

votes against own party

This page

2,180

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1096

prohibit commercial surrogacy contracts, provide a penalty for facilitating a commercial surrogacy, and establish an interim committee to evaluate surrogacy in the state.

Yea

Passed

4–2

Feb 26, 2020

SB 174

revise the purposes for which a school district's capital outlay fund may be used.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Feb 26, 2020

SB 96

prohibit the denial of benefits based solely on a controlled substance felony.

Yea

Passed

25–5

Feb 26, 2020

SB 144

create the road improvement priority fund, provide for the distribution of the fund, make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

24–6

Feb 26, 2020

SB 142

establish certain restrictions regarding the state subsidized dual credit program.

Yea

Passed

27–3

Feb 26, 2020

HB 1109

revise the Uniform Limited Liability Company Act.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Feb 26, 2020

SB 156

repeal provisions regarding the South Dakota Veterans Commission.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Feb 26, 2020

HB 1131

prohibit the use of misleading identification for telephonic communications.

Yea

Passed

31–0

Feb 26, 2020

SB 117

require the Department of Education to establish certain programs for children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing. Against party

Yea

Passed

17–14

Feb 26, 2020

SB 121

revise parenting guidelines and repeal Supreme Court authority to promulgate guidelines.

Yea

Passed

5–0

Feb 25, 2020