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

matching current filters

Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 148

adopt the Uniform Power of Attorney Act.

Yea

Passed

62–1

Mar 4, 2020

HB 1187

make an appropriation to upgrade the state radio infrastructure system and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

63–0

Mar 4, 2020

HB 1046

authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the design, renovation of, and addition to, the Devereaux Library on the campus of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology and to make an appropriation therefor. Against party

Nay

Passed

46–17

Mar 4, 2020

SB 33

authorize the Department of the Military to construct a storage building located in Brown County, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 4, 2020

SB 174

revise the purposes for which a school district's capital outlay fund may be used. Against party

Nay

Passed

46–17

Mar 4, 2020

SB 124

to revise provisions regarding group pheasant hunts for disabled veterans.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Mar 4, 2020

HCR 6020

Denouncing the National Education Association's recent policy to support "the fundamental right to abortion." Against party

Nay

Passed

43–17

Mar 4, 2020

SB 60

adopt the Physical Therapist Licensure Compact.

Yea

Passed

62–1

Mar 4, 2020

HCR 6020

Denouncing the National Education Association's recent policy to support "the fundamental right to abortion."

Yea

Passed

51–10

Mar 4, 2020

HB 1186

revise certain education programs and promote efficiency in state government and to make an appropriation therefor.

Absent

Passed

7–0

Mar 3, 2020