Total votes
711
all sessions
Attendance
95%
32 missed
Lower than 95% of chamber peers
With party
68%
of cast votes
Among the lowest in the chamber
Bipartisan score
17%
some cross-party votes
Higher than 97% of chamber peers
Sponsored
99
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
3
assignments
711 roll-call votes
Voting record
Breaks with party 32% of the time
Yea
454
voted in favor
Nay
223
voted against
Absent
32
missed votes
Total cast
711
across all sessions
Crossed party
212
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
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.
Absent
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. Against party
Nay
Passed
33–2
Mar 13, 2025
SB 220
appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and common schools. Against party
Nay
Passed
34–1
Mar 13, 2025
SB 68
require an individual be a citizen of the United States before being eligible to vote and to provide a penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
32–2
Mar 12, 2025
HB 1218
address the imposition of firearm restrictions on certain employees, officers, volunteers, and other individuals.
Yea
Passed
32–3
Mar 12, 2025
SB 91
revise the requirements for a petition to initiate a measure or constitutional amendment or to refer a law.
Yea
Passed
32–3
Mar 12, 2025
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