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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
This page
1,628
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
SB 149
create the Medicaid expansion fund and to transfer monies received as a result of expanding Medicaid eligibility.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 8, 2023
SB 134
revise membership of the Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee.
Yea
Passed
21–12
Mar 8, 2023
SB 59
make an appropriation to the Department of Education for grants to support career and technical education programs, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
25–5
Mar 8, 2023
SB 105
require updated cost report information for certain community-based health and human services providers.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 8, 2023
HB 1141
provide property tax relief for owner-occupied single-family dwellings.
Yea
Passed
27–3
Mar 8, 2023
SB 16
make an appropriation to rehabilitate the rail line from the city of Milbank to the city of Sisseton and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
27–3
Mar 8, 2023
SB 40
revise the process for nominating candidates for lieutenant governor and to make related technical changes. Against party
Nay
Passed
29–4
Mar 7, 2023
SB 118
expand eligibility for certain teachers who receive reduced tuition at Board of Regents institutions. Against party
Nay
Passed
21–13
Mar 7, 2023
HB 1185
prohibit certain restrictions in employment contracts.
Yea
Passed
32–2
Mar 7, 2023
SB 91
revise certain provisions regarding the crime of rape and provide a penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
33–1
Mar 7, 2023
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