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R South Dakota Senate · District 20 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Paul Miskimins

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Total votes
2,461
all sessions
Attendance
99%
22 missed
Near the chamber average
With party
91%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
6%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
90
bills & resolutions
Lower than 92% of chamber peers
Committees
2
assignments
2,461 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
2,168
voted in favor
Nay
269
voted against
Absent
22
missed votes
Total cast
2,461
across all sessions
Crossed party
208
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
HB 1195
direct the Indian Education Advisory Council to make an annual report to the Governor and the State-Tribal Relations Committee.
Yea
Passed
13–1
Feb 7, 2022
HB 1191
make an appropriation to the Department of Tribal Relations to support certain children first learning centers that promote the teaching of the Lakota language and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
8–3
Feb 7, 2022
HB 1129
prohibit forms of discrimination in access to organ transplantation.
Yea
Passed
67–0
Feb 7, 2022
HB 1119
revise the general state aid formula to provide adjustment for alternative education students participating in interscholastic activities.
Yea
Passed
9–5
Feb 7, 2022
HB 1172
assist students in objectively reviewing scientific information.
Nay
Failed
28–39
Feb 7, 2022
HB 1174
revise requirements for sales of catalytic converters to scrap metal businesses.
Yea
Passed
59–8
Feb 7, 2022
HB 1189
make an appropriation to the Department of Tribal Relations to fund the Native American achievement schools grant program. Against party
Nay
Passed
8–3
Feb 7, 2022
HCR 6008
Urging the Associated School Boards of South Dakota to immediately discontinue any affiliation with or participation in the National School Boards Association. Bipartisan
Yea
Passed
8–6
Feb 7, 2022
HB 1188
establish the nonbeneficiary student scholarship program and make an appropriation therefor.
Yea
Passed
9–2
Feb 7, 2022
HB 1243
make an appropriation to the Board of Regents for a cost-of-living increase and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
9–4
Feb 7, 2022
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