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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
SB 64
make appropriations from the water and environment fund and its revolving fund subfunds for various water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
15–0
Feb 10, 2022
HB 1213
clarify the Corrections Commission's ability to obtain criminal justice information.
Yea
Passed
60–4
Feb 10, 2022
HB 1336
make various clarifying changes to the state budgeting process.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Feb 10, 2022
HB 1017
make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
7–0
Feb 10, 2022
HCR 6003
declaring April 26th to be shared parenting day.
Yea
Passed
52–12
Feb 10, 2022
HB 1047
make an appropriation to the Department of Education to improve and renovate the Cultural Heritage Center and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
7–0
Feb 10, 2022
HB 1200
establish criteria for temporary custody and visitation orders. Against party
Yea
Failed
26–38
Feb 10, 2022
HB 1264
make an appropriation for the Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Office, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
7–0
Feb 10, 2022
HB 1335
revise certain provisions regarding the expenditure of moneys allotted to the state by the United States of America.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Feb 10, 2022
HB 1194
make an appropriation to the Office of Attorney General to temporarily fund a position within the Office of Liaison for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
7–0
Feb 10, 2022
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