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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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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 146
limit parole for violent offenders.
Yea
Passed
29–4
Mar 2, 2023
SB 139
revise residency requirements for the purposes of voter registration.
Yea
Passed
29–4
Mar 2, 2023
HB 1170
establish mandatory sentences for certain driving while under the influence violations.
Yea
Passed
5–1
Mar 2, 2023
HB 1045
increase the basic salary schedule for county veterans' service officers.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 1, 2023
HB 1117
make an appropriation to support the small and mid-sized manufacturers, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 1, 2023
HB 1078
make an appropriation to the Department of Human Services for the development and expansion of adult day services programs and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Mar 1, 2023
HB 1055
increase the dollar amount of South Dakota opportunity scholarships.
Yea
Passed
30–4
Mar 1, 2023
HB 1154
modify acceptable conduct for practitioners related to medical cannabis.
Yea
Passed
32–2
Mar 1, 2023
HB 1017
authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase certain real property, to contract for the design of a prison facility for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer funds to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
32–1
Mar 1, 2023
HB 1023
make an appropriation for the construction of a maintenance shop for the Wildland Fire Suppression Division in Rapid City and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
32–1
Mar 1, 2023
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