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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
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Date
SB 4
modify a court's authority to commit a habitual juvenile offender to the Department of Corrections.
Yea
Passed
26–9
Mar 6, 2023
HB 1106
revise certain provisions pertaining to poll watchers.
Yea
Passed
33–2
Mar 6, 2023
SB 160
establish post-election audits.
Yea
Passed
34–1
Mar 6, 2023
HB 1094
lower the state sales tax rate and the state use tax rate on food to zero percent, and to repeal a conditional reduction of certain gross receipts tax rates. Against party
Yea
Passed
18–17
Mar 6, 2023
HB 1065
increase the maximum amount of dollars payable by the state to erect the headstone of a deceased veteran.
Yea
Passed
35–0
Mar 6, 2023
HB 1220
provide that a female who undergoes an unlawful abortion may not be held criminally liable.
Yea
Passed
33–1
Mar 6, 2023
HB 1226
regulate industrial hemp-derived delta-8 and delta-10 tetrahydrocannabinol products, and other hemp-derived psychoactive compounds, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
28–7
Mar 6, 2023
HB 1239
prohibit a ban of fuel gas appliances used by consumers.
Yea
Passed
35–0
Mar 6, 2023
HB 1240
amend provisions addressing guardianships and conservatorships.
Yea
Passed
35–0
Mar 6, 2023
HB 1142
improve education outcomes and college affordability.
Yea
Passed
35–0
Mar 6, 2023
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