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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 142
prohibit certain persons from using the title veterinary technician.
Yea
Passed
32–2
Feb 13, 2023
SB 175
modify practice criteria for physician assistants.
Nay
Failed
14–20
Feb 13, 2023
SB 144
provide access to abandoned cemeteries to descendants of the decedents interred therein.
Nay
Failed
13–21
Feb 13, 2023
SB 143
raise the revenue threshold for a required audit of a water development district.
Yea
Passed
31–3
Feb 13, 2023
SB 19
make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
29–5
Feb 13, 2023
SB 139
revise residency requirements for the purposes of voter registration.
Yea
Passed
28–6
Feb 13, 2023
SB 91
revise certain provisions regarding the crime of rape and provide a penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
33–1
Feb 13, 2023
SB 200
authorize participation in contracts by certain board members and employees of water districts.
Yea
Passed
31–3
Feb 13, 2023
SB 207
provide a penalty for the expenditure of public funds to influence the outcome of an election.
Yea
Passed
24–10
Feb 13, 2023
SB 160
establish post-election audits.
Yea
Passed
34–0
Feb 13, 2023
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