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

3,076

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 65

revise certain required minimum distribution provisions of the South Dakota Retirement System.

Yea

Passed

5–0

Jan 20, 2026

SB 52

clarify statutes governing the administration of disability benefits by the South Dakota Retirement System.

Yea

Passed

5–0

Jan 20, 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 40

revise the compliance requirements for limitations on foreign ownership of agricultural land.

Yea

Passed

32–0

Jan 16, 2026

SR 701

recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Against party

Yea

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. Against party

Yea

Failed

16–17

Jan 15, 2026

SR 701

recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Jan 15, 2026

SB 2

authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase and exchange certain real property, to contract for the design of a prison facility, to construct a prison facility in Minnehaha County for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer moneys to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency. Against party

Nay

Passed

24–11

Sep 23, 2025

HB 1169

modify the signature requirement for a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment. Against party

Yea

Failed

16–16

Mar 31, 2025

SB 55

revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.

Yea

Passed

33–2

Mar 13, 2025