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 recorded

2,950

across all sessions

Crossed party

609

votes against own party

Matching

2,950

matching current filters

Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1233

make an appropriation to the gaming commission fund, to provide for the transfer of funds to the special racing revolving fund and the South Dakota-bred racing fund, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

54–9

Mar 4, 2020

HB 1189

make an appropriation to expand rural access to broadband services and to declare an emergency. Against party

Nay

Passed

49–14

Mar 4, 2020

HB 1044

make an appropriation to the Board of Regents to fund the development of the Cyber Incubator and Entrepreneurial Center at Dakota State University and to declare an emergency. Against party

Nay

Passed

52–11

Mar 4, 2020

SB 56

authorize the collection of certain search and rescue service costs.

Yea

Passed

62–1

Mar 4, 2020

HB 1045

authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the design, renovation of, and addition to, the E.Y. Berry Library on the campus of Black Hills State University and to make an appropriation therefor. Against party

Nay

Passed

44–19

Mar 4, 2020

HB 1227

make an appropriation for the rural veterinary medical education program and to declare an emergency. Against party

Nay

Passed

56–7

Mar 4, 2020

SB 156

repeal provisions regarding the South Dakota Veterans Commission.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 4, 2020

SB 167

revise a provision regarding eligibility for the South Dakota opportunity scholarship.

Yea

Passed

62–1

Mar 4, 2020

SB 142

establish certain restrictions regarding the state subsidized dual credit program.

Yea

Passed

62–1

Mar 4, 2020

SB 170

revise certain provisions regarding school district capital outlay funds. Against party

Nay

Passed

61–2

Mar 4, 2020