Sen. Taffy Howard
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
This page
2,950
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1023
authorize the Board of Regents to demolish a South Dakota State University building and to make an appropriation therefor.
Yea
Passed
7–0
Feb 16, 2022
HB 1269
limit the deployment of the National Guard for federal service.
Absent
Passed
10–0
Feb 16, 2022
HB 1020
authorize the Bureau of Administration to construct an addition to the Kinsman Building in Pierre, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
15–0
Feb 16, 2022
HB 1336
make various clarifying changes to the state budgeting process.
Yea
Failed
30–36
Feb 16, 2022
HCR 6006
To urge the United States Congress and the President of the United States to take no action to employ military forces of the United States in active-duty combat unless the United States Congress has passed an official declaration of war and to bring troops home who are engaged in unconstitutional foreign conflicts.
Absent
Passed
9–1
Feb 16, 2022
HB 1018
make an appropriation for the construction of a storage garage in Rapid City and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
14–0
Feb 16, 2022
HB 1270
require a defendant in a criminal proceeding to be physically present during the reading of victim impact statements.
Nay
Failed
25–40
Feb 16, 2022
HB 1273
authorize the Department of the Military to purchase certain real property in Chamberlain and to declare an emergency.
Absent
Passed
10–0
Feb 16, 2022
HB 1335
revise certain provisions regarding the expenditure of moneys allotted to the state by the United States of America. Against party
Yea
Failed
28–38
Feb 16, 2022
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