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 1279

revise certain provisions relating to child support. Against party

Nay

Passed

44–21

Feb 14, 2022

HB 1039

provide for the assessment of certain agricultural land as noncropland.

Yea

Passed

36–29

Feb 14, 2022

HB 1280

provide for an examination via telehealth for purposes of a bona fide practitioner-patient relationship under the medical cannabis program. Against party

Yea

Failed

31–34

Feb 14, 2022

HB 1214

prohibit forms of caller identification manipulation and to impose a penalty therefor.

Yea

Passed

64–1

Feb 14, 2022

HB 1203

require taxing districts to hold a public hearing when increasing property tax revenues relative to the previous year. Against party

Yea

Failed

28–37

Feb 14, 2022

HB 1118

clarify when a delivery facilitation contractor may be considered an independent contractor.

Yea

Passed

60–5

Feb 14, 2022

HB 1267

allow certain medical professionals to dispense ivermectin to persons.

Yea

Passed

37–28

Feb 14, 2022

HB 1248

make an appropriation for the erection of the South Dakota Sioux Code Talker Memorial and to declare an emergency.

Absent

Passed

7–2

Feb 14, 2022

HB 1078

authorize the use of electric all-terrain and off-road vehicles on public highways and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

58–3

Feb 10, 2022

HB 1300

provide for certain permissible dates for municipal and school district elections.

Yea

Passed

46–18

Feb 10, 2022