Sen. Jim Mehlhaff
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
This page
1,628
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 1
amend the process by which moneys are distributed from the employer's investment in South Dakota's future fund. Against party
Nay
Failed
4–4
Jan 16, 2026
SB 57
clarify when agency financial resource information must be filed in the permanent administrative rulemaking process.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Jan 16, 2026
SB 41
revise a provision related to criminal invasions of privacy, prohibit the creation and distribution of digitally fabricated material of an identifiable individual, and provide penalties therefor.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Jan 16, 2026
SB 5
require the disclosure of whether a ballot question was proposed by initiative or by the Legislature.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Jan 16, 2026
SB 40
revise the compliance requirements for limitations on foreign ownership of agricultural land.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Jan 16, 2026
SB 56
require that agencies promulgating permanent rules publish the rules and associated rulemaking forms on a state website.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Jan 16, 2026
SB 42
enhance the penalties for ingestion, possession with intent to deliver, and delivery of a controlled substance in a state correctional facility.
Yea
Passed
4–2
Jan 15, 2026
SR 701
recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Against party
Nay
Passed
18–15
Jan 15, 2026
SCR 601
encouraging honest economic development rooted in the republican principles of limited government, deregulation, and organic entrepreneurial growth. Bipartisan
Nay
Failed
16–17
Jan 15, 2026
SR 701
recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Jan 15, 2026
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