R South Dakota Senate · District 18 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Lauren Nelson

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Session

Total votes

674

all sessions

Attendance

100%

of floor votes

Higher than 81% of chamber peers

With party

84%

of cast votes

Lower than 77% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

10%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 79% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

553

voted in favor

Nay

120

voted against

Absent

0

missed votes

Total cast

674

across all sessions

Crossed party

99

votes against own party

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SCR 601

Supporting the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 12 to honor the late Helen Miller.

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jan 30, 2025

SB 64

revise provisions related to the establishment of an initial parole date.

Yea

Passed

33–2

Jan 30, 2025

SB 71

revise provisions pertaining to the compulsory age for school attendance.

Yea

Passed

34–1

Jan 30, 2025

SR 701

Confirming Tonnis H. Venhuizen, Lincoln County, South Dakota, as lieutenant governor of South Dakota pursuant to S.D. Const., Art. IV, § 6.

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jan 30, 2025

SB 81

prohibit the use of a firearms code for transactions involving firearms, accessories, components, and ammunition and to provide a civil penalty therefor.

Yea

Passed

33–2

Jan 30, 2025

SB 77

update terminology related to ambulance operators.

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jan 30, 2025

SB 78

authorize a change in bullet diameter for use in taking certain animals.

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jan 29, 2025

SB 79

permit the operation of a Class I electric bicycle on the Mickelson Trail.

Yea

Passed

33–2

Jan 29, 2025

SB 72

revise the payor of autopsy costs in certain circumstances.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Jan 29, 2025

SB 21

prevent a member of a governing body from assisting in the canvass of the votes for an office for which the member is a candidate.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Jan 29, 2025