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

1,628

matching current filters

Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 234

modify provisions pertaining to the purchasing of goods and services related to data center operations. Against party

Nay

Passed

5–4

Feb 18, 2026

SB 128

update provisions related to certain large-use customers of utilities.

Yea

Passed

5–3

Feb 18, 2026

HB 1003

amend provisions pertaining to the required criminal background investigation of certain school employees.

Yea

Passed

34–0

Feb 18, 2026

SB 239

modify provisions relating to the reinvestment payment program, and relating to the purchasing of goods and services used by projects approved for the reinvestment payment program.

Yea

Passed

6–3

Feb 18, 2026

SB 232

impose a one-year moratorium on the construction or expansion of hyperscale data centers.

Nay

Failed

3–5

Feb 18, 2026

SB 232

impose a one-year moratorium on the construction or expansion of hyperscale data centers.

Yea

Passed

5–3

Feb 18, 2026

HB 1201

authorize the use of bingo games, lotteries, and pull-tab devices by booster clubs.

Yea

Passed

19–15

Feb 18, 2026

SB 111

require that social media companies provide collected personal data of a user at the user's request and maintain transparent interoperability interfaces.

Yea

Passed

34–0

Feb 17, 2026

SB 179

permit a court to commit a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for certain weapons offenses to the Department of Corrections.

Yea

Passed

28–6

Feb 17, 2026

SB 190

codify the rights of a parent.

Yea

Passed

19–15

Feb 17, 2026