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R South Dakota Senate · District 24 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Jim Mehlhaff

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Total votes
1,628
all sessions
Attendance
100%
of floor votes
Higher than 81% of chamber peers
With party
90%
of cast votes
Higher than 82% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
6%
crosses aisle rarely
Lower than 83% of chamber peers
Sponsored
194
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
8
assignments
1,628 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
1,417
voted in favor
Nay
183
voted against
Absent
0
missed votes
Total cast
1,628
across all sessions
Crossed party
145
votes against own party
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1,628
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 96
prohibit the use of a deepfake to influence an election and to provide a penalty therefor. Against party
Nay
Passed
21–11
Feb 13, 2024
SB 176
establish criteria for determining certain shared parenting plan provisions.
Yea
Passed
5–2
Feb 13, 2024
SB 137
repeal the expiration of a reduction in certain gross receipts and use tax rates.
Yea
Passed
29–2
Feb 13, 2024
SB 95
exempt one motor vehicle of a debtor from being taken by legal process.
Yea
Passed
5–2
Feb 13, 2024
SB 219
modify provisions related to the control of counties and municipalities over medical marijuana establishments within their jurisdictions.
Yea
Passed
31–0
Feb 13, 2024
SB 25
revise provisions regarding possessing, manufacturing, or distributing child pornography.
Yea
Passed
7–0
Feb 13, 2024
SB 138
make an appropriation to provide for the development of South Dakota.
Yea
Passed
30–2
Feb 13, 2024
SB 96
prohibit the use of a deepfake to influence an election and to provide a penalty therefor. Against party
Nay
Passed
22–10
Feb 13, 2024
SB 95
exempt one motor vehicle of a debtor from being taken by legal process.
Nay
Failed
2–5
Feb 13, 2024
SB 146
revise and repeal provisions related to threatening persons holding statewide office, judicial officers, and elected officers and to provide a penalty therefor. Against party
Nay
Passed
5–2
Feb 13, 2024
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