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 1246

revise the attorney's fees allowed in a retaliation action against a lessor.

Yea

Passed

62–2

Feb 20, 2020

HB 1156

to prohibit the conduct of certain physical examinations or screenings on students in a school district without parental consent.

Yea

Failed

30–34

Feb 20, 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

7–0

Feb 20, 2020

HB 1170

revise provisions regarding the use of certain lights by tow truck vehicles and Department of Transportation authorized vehicles.

Yea

Passed

64–0

Feb 20, 2020

HCR 6013

Urging all South Dakotans to participate in the 2020 United States Census.

Yea

Passed

61–2

Feb 20, 2020

HCR 6014

To encourage the Department of Game, Fish and Parks in 2020, as part of the biennial review of endangered and threatened species, to delist the river otter and manage this species as a harvested furbearer if scientifically-sound biological and ecological data support such a decision.

Yea

Passed

62–2

Feb 20, 2020

HB 1133

provide a rebuttable presumption in favor of joint physical custody of a minor child.

Yea

Passed

38–24

Feb 20, 2020

HB 1093

establish a pipeline liability fund, to authorize a special fee for extraordinary expenses, and to make a continuous appropriation therefor.

Yea

Passed

7–2

Feb 20, 2020

HB 1100

make an appropriation to begin the research and development of a new bioprocessing facility and to declare an emergency. Against party

Nay

Passed

8–1

Feb 20, 2020

HB 1090

make an appropriation to evaluate the feasibility of the use of telehealth services within the criminal justice system and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

64–0

Feb 19, 2020