R South Dakota Senate · District 24 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Jim Mehlhaff

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Session

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

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

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1096

allow for the direct creation of a limited liability limited partnership.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Feb 24, 2026

HB 1119

modify provisions regarding directors serving on a farm mutual insurer’s board.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Feb 24, 2026

SB 118

deposit certain tax revenues into a homeowner tax reduction fund.

Nay

Failed

16–17

Feb 24, 2026

SB 245

create the homeowner property tax reduction fund, and to transfer moneys to the homeowner property tax reduction fund.

Yea

Passed

32–1

Feb 24, 2026

SB 133

provide additional legislative oversight of rulemaking.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Feb 24, 2026

SB 74

transfer moneys to the general fund from the budget reserve fund and the general revenue replacement fund, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

26–7

Feb 24, 2026

SB 121

transfer moneys and make an appropriation for the replacement of the Richmond Lake dam and spillway and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Feb 24, 2026

SJR 505

proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, limiting the assessed value of real property and limiting real property taxes. Bipartisan

Yea

Passed

5–4

Feb 23, 2026

SJR 508

proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election, amendments to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, removing the lieutenant governor as presiding officer of the Senate.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Feb 23, 2026

SB 96

authorize the imposition of a county option gross receipts tax to reduce owner-occupied property taxes.

Yea

Passed

20–14

Feb 23, 2026