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

SB 4

revise procedures for returning and withholding security deposits for residential premises.

Yea

Passed

6–0

Jan 20, 2026

SB 5

require the disclosure of whether a ballot question was proposed by initiative or by the Legislature.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Jan 20, 2026

SB 44

establish investigative subpoena authority to gather business records in certain investigations.

Yea

Passed

6–0

Jan 20, 2026

SB 8

permit a school district to administer epinephrine using a nasal spray.

Yea

Passed

31–1

Jan 20, 2026

SB 9

revise provisions regarding notices to the one-call notification center.

Yea

Passed

6–0

Jan 20, 2026

SB 49

safeguard the integrity, privacy, and security of genetic data and provide a civil penalty therefor.

Yea

Passed

6–0

Jan 20, 2026

SB 25

update provisions related to the permit application process for proposed energy and transmission facilities.

Yea

Passed

5–1

Jan 20, 2026

SB 45

revise a provision regulating delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, THC-O acetate, and hexahydrocannabinol for persons under the age of twenty-one and to provide a penalty therefor.

Yea

Passed

6–0

Jan 20, 2026

SB 11

increase reinstatement fees and abstract driver record fees.

Yea

Passed

24–8

Jan 20, 2026

SB 64

revise and repeal provisions related to the athletic commission.

Yea

Passed

28–4

Jan 20, 2026