R South Dakota Senate · District 23 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Mark Lapka

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Session

Total votes

710

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

567

voted in favor

Nay

102

voted against

Absent

40

missed votes

Total cast

710

across all sessions

Crossed party

81

votes against own party

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710

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SJR 503

Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, clarifying that an individual must be a citizen of the United States to be eligible to vote.

Yea

Passed

33–2

Feb 3, 2025

SB 82

require an official declaration of war or other Congressional action before the South Dakota National Guard may be deployed by the federal government.

Nay

Failed

6–29

Feb 3, 2025

SB 14

revise and repeal provisions related to agricultural production facilities and to provide a penalty therefor.

Yea

Passed

33–2

Jan 30, 2025

SCR 601

Supporting the designation of a portion of U.S. Highway 12 to honor the late Helen Miller.

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jan 30, 2025

HB 1047

make an appropriation to reimburse health care professionals who have complied with the requirements for rural recruitment assistance programs, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

17–0

Jan 30, 2025

SB 64

revise provisions related to the establishment of an initial parole date.

Yea

Passed

33–2

Jan 30, 2025

SB 71

revise provisions pertaining to the compulsory age for school attendance.

Yea

Passed

34–1

Jan 30, 2025

SR 701

Confirming Tonnis H. Venhuizen, Lincoln County, South Dakota, as lieutenant governor of South Dakota pursuant to S.D. Const., Art. IV, § 6.

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jan 30, 2025

SB 81

prohibit the use of a firearms code for transactions involving firearms, accessories, components, and ammunition and to provide a civil penalty therefor.

Yea

Passed

33–2

Jan 30, 2025

SB 77

update terminology related to ambulance operators.

Yea

Passed

35–0

Jan 30, 2025