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 65

revise certain provisions pertaining to trusts.

Yea

Passed

60–1

Mar 3, 2020

HB 1187

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

Absent

Passed

6–1

Mar 3, 2020

HB 1187

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

Absent

Passed

6–1

Mar 3, 2020

SB 37

make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

61–0

Mar 3, 2020

SB 147

prohibit collective bargaining by certain employees of the Board of Regents.

Yea

Passed

43–18

Mar 3, 2020

SB 74

revise provisions regarding legislative candidates. Against party

Nay

Passed

50–11

Mar 3, 2020

SJR 501

Proposing and submitting to the voters an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, providing for wagering on sporting events and to revise provisions regarding certain municipal proceeds of gaming revenues. Bipartisan

Yea

Passed

32–26

Mar 3, 2020

SB 176

provide for the seizure and holding of real property as evidence.

Yea

Passed

60–1

Mar 3, 2020

SB 17

make an appropriation for the plugging and surface reclamation of natural gas wells and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 3, 2020

HB 1189

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

Absent

Passed

6–1

Mar 3, 2020