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

This page

711

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1131

make an appropriation for the restoration, maintenance, and repair of the state capitol.

Yea

Passed

13–3

Feb 21, 2025

HB 1035

make an appropriation for school security enhancement grants.

Yea

Passed

16–0

Feb 21, 2025

HB 1095

extend the area in which a director for an irrigation district may reside.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Feb 21, 2025

SB 52

authorize the expansion of the South Dakota State Veterans Cemetery, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

16–0

Feb 21, 2025

SB 136

make an appropriation to enhance the economic health of South Dakota.

Yea

Passed

7–1

Feb 21, 2025

HB 1026

make an appropriation for the replacement of the Richmond Lake dam and spillway, for the general maintenance and repair of other state-owned dams, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

17–0

Feb 21, 2025

SB 137

make an appropriation for the economic development of South Dakota.

Yea

Passed

6–2

Feb 21, 2025

HB 1092

make an appropriation for a student teacher stipend grant program.

Yea

Passed

14–3

Feb 21, 2025

SB 104

provide for the publication of the cast vote record of automatic tabulating equipment and to make an appropriation therefor. Against party

Nay

Passed

10–6

Feb 21, 2025

HB 1042

make an appropriation for the construction of historical exhibits at the Cultural Heritage Center.

Yea

Passed

32–1

Feb 21, 2025