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 202

create the water infrastructure development fund.

Yea

Passed

21–12

Feb 21, 2025

SB 198

establish conditions a prospective condemnor must satisfy before commencing condemnation proceedings. Against party

Nay

Passed

17–16

Feb 21, 2025

HB 1114

make an appropriation for the purchasing of equipment to support the South Dakota Board of Technical Education.

Yea

Passed

12–4

Feb 21, 2025

SB 172

provide a rebuttable presumption in favor of joint physical custody of a minor child.

Yea

Passed

20–13

Feb 21, 2025

HCR 6002

Urging the United States Congress and the President of the United States to remove the requirement of a project labor agreement for federal construction projects.

Yea

Passed

31–2

Feb 21, 2025

HB 1025

authorize the Department of Corrections to construct a prison facility for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections in Lincoln County, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer moneys to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

18–0

Feb 20, 2025

SB 155

reduce the amount of net receipts of unclaimed property deposited into the general fund.

Yea

Passed

35–0

Feb 20, 2025

SJR 505

Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, establishing the trust for unclaimed property fund.

Yea

Passed

35–0

Feb 20, 2025

SB 126

establish the manner of determining payments for the child care assistance program.

Yea

Passed

5–3

Feb 20, 2025

SB 70

modify the maximum sparsity benefit a sparse school district is eligible to receive.

Yea

Passed

5–3

Feb 20, 2025