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

HB 1070

modify requirements regarding the installation and inspection of certain electrical wiring.

Yea

Passed

60–1

Feb 24, 2020

HB 1166

revise provisions regarding the appointment of inactive watershed district boards and the reactivation of watershed districts and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

60–1

Feb 24, 2020

HB 1124

provide for an increase in the assessment against certain treated land.

Yea

Passed

59–2

Feb 24, 2020

HB 1218

require responses and reporting regarding the testing, assessment, evaluation, or observation of students.

Yea

Passed

38–25

Feb 24, 2020

HB 1184

provide limited deer and antelope licenses to landowners.

Yea

Passed

50–13

Feb 24, 2020

HB 1182

provide for the renewal of an enhanced permit to carry a concealed pistol.

Yea

Passed

63–0

Feb 24, 2020

HB 1108

adopt the Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act.

Yea

Passed

63–0

Feb 24, 2020

HB 1136

provide for the licensure and regulation of practitioners of acupuncture and Oriental medicine and to establish the Acupuncture Licensing Board and acupuncture regulation fund.

Nay

Failed

20–43

Feb 24, 2020

HB 1172

require the annual submission of a zero-based budget from certain departments or budget units.

Yea

Passed

5–3

Feb 24, 2020

HB 1035

make an appropriation from the water and environment fund and its revolving fund subfunds for various water and environmental purposes, to revise the water resources projects list, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

61–0

Feb 24, 2020