R South Dakota Senate · District 23 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Mark Lapka

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Session

Total votes

711

all sessions

Attendance

94%

40 missed

Lower than 92% of chamber peers

With party

87%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

8%

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

Voting record

Yea

568

voted in favor

Nay

102

voted against

Absent

40

missed votes

Total cast

711

across all sessions

Crossed party

81

votes against own party

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711

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 24

create a solid background license plate for South Dakota.

Absent

Passed

31–2

Jan 21, 2026

SB 4

revise procedures for returning and withholding security deposits for residential premises.

Absent

Passed

33–0

Jan 21, 2026

SB 5

require the disclosure of whether a ballot question was proposed by initiative or by the Legislature.

Absent

Passed

32–0

Jan 20, 2026

SB 8

permit a school district to administer epinephrine using a nasal spray.

Absent

Passed

31–1

Jan 20, 2026

SB 11

increase reinstatement fees and abstract driver record fees.

Absent

Passed

24–8

Jan 20, 2026

SB 64

revise and repeal provisions related to the athletic commission.

Absent

Passed

28–4

Jan 20, 2026

SB 41

revise a provision related to criminal invasions of privacy, prohibit the creation and distribution of digitally fabricated material of an identifiable individual, and provide penalties therefor.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Jan 16, 2026

SB 40

revise the compliance requirements for limitations on foreign ownership of agricultural land.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Jan 16, 2026

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