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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 1127
revise provisions regarding real estate appraisers.
Yea
Passed
61–0
Feb 11, 2020
HCR 6003
Supporting the Electoral College.
Yea
Passed
56–5
Feb 11, 2020
HB 1089
provide for the discharge of certain persons who received a suspended imposition of sentence for a misdemeanor.
Yea
Passed
61–0
Feb 11, 2020
HB 1126
provide authority for real estate brokers to conduct real property evaluations.
Yea
Passed
61–0
Feb 11, 2020
HB 1178
revise the seller's property condition disclosure statement.
Yea
Passed
61–0
Feb 11, 2020
HB 1065
revise drone surveillance protections.
Yea
Passed
55–6
Feb 11, 2020
HB 1024
make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
59–4
Feb 10, 2020
HCR 6006
Requesting the members of South Dakota's congressional delegation to annually appear before a joint session of the Legislature to provide information and answer questions.
Yea
Passed
50–13
Feb 10, 2020
SB 11
revise certain provisions regarding third party insurance plan administrators.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Feb 10, 2020
HB 1094
repeal certain provisions regarding permits for concealed pistols.
Yea
Passed
59–4
Feb 10, 2020
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