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 1085

provide for permanent daylight savings time.

Yea

Failed

30–31

Feb 4, 2020

HB 1075

repeal certain outdated provisions regarding annexation near airports.

Yea

Passed

61–0

Feb 4, 2020

HB 1060

revise certain provisions regarding the use of the aeronautics fund.

Yea

Passed

48–13

Feb 4, 2020

HB 1058

revise certain provisions regarding water development districts.

Yea

Passed

61–0

Feb 4, 2020

HCR 6001

To direct the Department of Social Services to investigate implementing peer support services.

Yea

Passed

56–5

Feb 4, 2020

HB 1083

rename the postsecondary technical institutes as technical colleges. Against party

Nay

Passed

39–22

Feb 4, 2020

HB 1041

revise provisions authorizing state employees to opt-out of the state employee health plan and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

60–1

Feb 4, 2020

HB 1063

revise certain provisions regarding the purchase, distribution, and sale of tobacco products to persons under the age of twenty-one. Against party

Nay

Passed

38–24

Jan 30, 2020

HB 1039

revise the rule-making authority of the Human Resources Commissioner regarding the drug screening program for certain state employees.

Yea

Passed

61–1

Jan 30, 2020

HB 1006

authorize the secretary of revenue to contract with certain entities for purposes of creating or maintaining a database to determine agricultural income value and to specify the mandatory and permissive data of the database.

Yea

Passed

61–1

Jan 30, 2020