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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 179
revise provisions related to the South Dakota Science and Technology Authority.
Yea
Passed
34–0
Feb 13, 2023
SB 76
provide for licensure by endorsement for certain licensed professionals and occupations.
Yea
Passed
33–1
Feb 13, 2023
SB 90
provide certain definitions related to the crime of rape.
Yea
Passed
34–0
Feb 13, 2023
SJR 502
Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election amendments to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota revising and establishing certain constitutional provisions regarding the lieutenant governor and the presiding officers of the Senate and House of Representatives.
Yea
Passed
25–9
Feb 13, 2023
SB 63
authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the design and construction of a year-round rodeo practice facility on the campus of South Dakota State University, together with equipment and furnishings, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
6–0
Feb 9, 2023
SB 49
prohibit the improper storage and disposal of records containing personal or protected information and provide a penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
6–0
Feb 9, 2023
SB 136
provide a rebuttable presumption in favor of joint physical custody of a minor child.
Yea
Passed
4–3
Feb 9, 2023
HB 1080
prohibit certain medical and surgical interventions on minor patients.
Yea
Passed
30–4
Feb 9, 2023
HB 1047
revise certain provisions regarding military affairs.
Yea
Passed
34–0
Feb 9, 2023
HB 1041
provide an exception to the definition of drug paraphernalia.
Yea
Passed
6–0
Feb 9, 2023
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