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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
HB 1022
make an appropriation for increased costs related to the construction of the new state public health laboratory, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
30–3
Mar 1, 2023
HB 1079
make an appropriation to the Department of Health to provide grants to support mental health and suicide prevention programs, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
27–6
Mar 1, 2023
HB 1155
add dental practices as eligible facilities to participate in the rural health care recruitment assistance program.
Yea
Passed
33–2
Feb 28, 2023
HB 1008
revise provisions relating to actuarial terminology used by the South Dakota Retirement System.
Yea
Passed
34–1
Feb 28, 2023
HB 1153
update travel expenses, moving expenses, and other reimbursements. Against party
Nay
Passed
32–3
Feb 28, 2023
HB 1030
make an appropriation for the revised construction costs of the bioproducts facility in Brookings, and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
28–7
Feb 28, 2023
HB 1138
require updated cost report information for certain community-based health and human services providers.
Nay
Failed
16–19
Feb 28, 2023
HB 1140
require the secretary of state to determine if a legislatively proposed constitutional amendment complies with the single subject requirement and is not a constitutional revision.
Yea
Passed
35–0
Feb 28, 2023
SB 8
revise provisions relating to addiction and prevention services professionals.
Yea
Passed
33–2
Feb 28, 2023
HB 1030
make an appropriation for the revised construction costs of the bioproducts facility in Brookings, and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
30–5
Feb 28, 2023
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