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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1140

permit a court to impose as a condition of probation, or parole in certain circumstances, treatment at a nonprofit entity awarded an alternative care program grant.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Mar 5, 2026

HB 1138

require the licensure of non-medical home care agencies, and to provide a penalty therefor.

Yea

Passed

20–14

Mar 5, 2026

HB 1038

allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities. Against party

Nay

Passed

7–2

Mar 5, 2026

HB 1187

add coaches to the list of mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect.

Absent

Passed

6–0

Mar 5, 2026

HB 1040

revise the child support obligation schedule.

Nay

Failed

12–22

Mar 5, 2026

SB 131

revise the season in which a nonprofit organization may host a special pheasant hunt for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients.

Yea

Passed

34–0

Mar 5, 2026

HB 1184

define man and woman throughout the state.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Mar 5, 2026

HB 1244

repeal the special donations fund and make an appropriation to the Department of Education for the provision of a grant to support the Jobs for America's Graduates-South Dakota program.

Yea

Passed

30–4

Mar 4, 2026

HB 1263

eliminate an exclusion from the definition of an agricultural equipment dealer.

Yea

Passed

28–6

Mar 4, 2026

HB 1274

prohibit the dispensing, distribution, sale, or advertisement of certain articles or things for purposes of an unlawful abortion and provide a criminal and civil penalty therefor.

Yea

Passed

8–1

Mar 4, 2026