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R South Dakota Senate · District 34 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Taffy Howard

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Total votes
2,950
all sessions
Attendance
94%
153 missed
Lower than 83% of chamber peers
With party
77%
of cast votes
Lower than 98% of chamber peers
Bipartisan score
12%
some cross-party votes
Higher than 94% of chamber peers
Sponsored
420
bills & resolutions
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
Committees
6
assignments
2,950 roll-call votes

Voting record

Breaks with party 23% of the time

Yea
2,081
voted in favor
Nay
659
voted against
Absent
153
missed votes
Total cast
2,950
across all sessions
Crossed party
609
votes against own party
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2,950
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1210
make an appropriation to the Board of Regents to provide grant funding for a new biomedical facility at the research park in Sioux Falls, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
5–4
Feb 22, 2022
HB 1132
make an appropriation to provide a grant for the infrastructure and construction of a new justice center in Lincoln County and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
8–1
Feb 22, 2022
HB 1023
authorize the Board of Regents to demolish a South Dakota State University building and to make an appropriation therefor.
Yea
Passed
57–6
Feb 22, 2022
HB 1166
make an appropriation for road improvements leading to the former entrance into the Palisades State Park and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
8–1
Feb 22, 2022
HB 1045
provide for the use and regulated sale of marijuana, and to impose a tax on the sale of marijuana, and to distribute that revenue to counties.
Nay
Failed
30–34
Feb 22, 2022
HB 1227
make an appropriation for stormwater infrastructure improvements in South Dakota and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Feb 22, 2022
HB 1278
revise the child support obligation schedule.
Yea
Passed
60–4
Feb 22, 2022
HB 1320
appropriate funds to reconstruct Custer West Dam and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
8–1
Feb 22, 2022
HB 1234
make an appropriation to provide contingency funds for unanticipated costs related to the coronavirus pandemic and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
8–1
Feb 22, 2022
HB 1276
make an appropriation for the purposes of aerial predator control and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
8–1
Feb 22, 2022
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