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R South Dakota Senate · District 34 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Taffy Howard

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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
Sponsored
420
bills & resolutions
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
Committees
6
assignments
2,950 roll-call votes

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
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2,950
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1009
revise provisions regarding failure to comply with outpatient commitment or treatment orders.
Yea
Passed
61–0
Feb 13, 2020
HB 1034
make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Feb 13, 2020
HB 1165
revise provisions regarding the acceptance of gifts by municipalities.
Yea
Passed
61–0
Feb 13, 2020
HB 1014
place certain substances on the controlled substances schedule and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
52–7
Feb 13, 2020
HB 1217
establish a nonbeneficiary student scholarship program for certain students attending tribally controlled colleges and to make an appropriation therefor.
Yea
Passed
7–2
Feb 13, 2020
SB 8
revise certain provisions regarding insurance holding companies.
Yea
Passed
61–0
Feb 13, 2020
SB 54
regulate the use of auxiliary containers. Against party
Nay
Failed
28–31
Feb 13, 2020
SB 62
revise the membership and responsibilities of the South Dakota Board on Geographic Names.
Yea
Passed
61–0
Feb 13, 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
8–0
Feb 13, 2020
HB 1159
revise provisions regarding the referral of opt outs made by school districts. Against party
Yea
Failed
19–40
Feb 13, 2020
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