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

HB 1130

provide permissible dates for municipal and school district elections.

Yea

Passed

23–11

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1007

prohibit use of the South Dakota public utilities commission gross receipts tax fund for reimbursement of costs incurred by the Public Utilities Commission.

Yea

Passed

34–0

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1184

amend the deadline for filing a petition to initiate a measure or constitutional amendment.

Yea

Passed

19–15

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1039

amend the programs reimbursing a teacher or school counselor for earning national board certification.

Yea

Passed

30–2

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1245

exempt from the state sales and use tax gross receipts for certain services to a partnership.

Yea

Passed

31–1

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1235

reduce a limit on the annual increases of property tax revenues payable to certain taxing districts, and to subject school districts to a limit on property taxes collected in a year.

Nay

Failed

13–21

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1249

protect landowners from the use of deception, fraud, harassment, intimidation, misrepresentation, or threat, in acquiring easements or easement options. Against party

Yea

Failed

16–18

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1135

provide opportunities for treatment courts for South Dakotans, create a workgroup to study rehabilitation programs, and declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

32–2

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1062

amend provisions pertaining to the maintenance and publication of the statewide voter registration file.

Yea

Passed

20–14

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1130

provide permissible dates for municipal and school district elections.

Yea

Passed

26–8

Mar 10, 2025