R South Dakota Senate · District 34 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Taffy Howard

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Session

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

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

This page

2,950

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1127

modify provisions related to county redistricting.

Yea

Passed

53–10

Feb 17, 2022

HB 1137

make an appropriation for high performance computing and data storage systems at South Dakota State University and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

6–0

Feb 17, 2022

HB 1311

clarify the means of voluntarily terminating a relationship between a birth mother and a child. Against party

Yea

Failed

27–37

Feb 17, 2022

HB 1243

make an appropriation to the Board of Regents for a cost-of-living increase and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

5–0

Feb 17, 2022

HB 1282

allow inpatient psychiatric facility placement alternatives for certain patients.

Yea

Passed

65–0

Feb 16, 2022

SCR 603

to raise awareness about tardive dyskinesia.

Yea

Passed

65–0

Feb 16, 2022

HB 1022

authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the design and renovation of, and construction of an addition to, the Stanley J. Marshall Center at South Dakota State University, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

6–1

Feb 16, 2022

HB 1016

make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

64–0

Feb 16, 2022

HB 1051

amend certain provisions relating to the small business credit initiative fund.

Yea

Passed

6–2

Feb 16, 2022

HB 1153

revise the number of class hours required to obtain a responsible broker's license. Against party

Nay

Passed

53–12

Feb 16, 2022