D South Dakota Senate · District 27

Sen. Red Dawn Foster

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Session

Total votes

3,076

all sessions

Attendance

84%

392 missed

Lower than 98% of chamber peers

With party

92%

of cast votes

Lower than 95% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

6%

crosses aisle rarely

Higher than 85% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

2,134

voted in favor

Nay

491

voted against

Absent

392

missed votes

Total cast

3,076

across all sessions

Crossed party

205

votes against own party

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 130

make an appropriation for roadway and related infrastructure improvements required because of construction activity at Ellsworth Air Force Base and to declare an emergency.

Absent

Passed

32–0

Feb 26, 2026

HB 1213

make an appropriation for a statewide educator retention initiative.

Absent

Passed

15–0

Feb 26, 2026

SB 217

make an appropriation for a fire management officer position within the Department of Public Safety.

Absent

Passed

16–0

Feb 26, 2026

HB 1106

revise the terms of county extension board members.

Absent

Passed

32–0

Feb 26, 2026

HB 1147

make an appropriation for the purchase and distribution of food by a statewide distribution organization. Bipartisan

Yea

Passed

10–6

Feb 25, 2026

SB 231

create the water infrastructure development fund, to provide an appropriation, to provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the fund for certain rural water projects and to declare an emergency. Bipartisan

Nay

Passed

13–3

Feb 25, 2026

HB 1056

require that the Department of Social Services submit a federal waiver request to exclude soft drinks from the supplemental nutrition assistance program.

Absent

Passed

27–6

Feb 25, 2026

HB 1104

revise the application requirements for special license plates and parking permits for individuals with disabilities.

Absent

Passed

33–0

Feb 25, 2026

HB 1146

adopt the physician assistant licensure compact.

Absent

Passed

32–1

Feb 25, 2026

HB 1261

provide a tax credit for owner-occupied property, to make an appropriation therefor, and to transfer moneys to the general fund.

Nay

Passed

11–6

Feb 25, 2026