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

13%

some cross-party votes

Higher than 94% of chamber peers

Voting record

Breaks with party 22% 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

606

votes against own party

This page

2,950

matching current filters

Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 191

appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.

Absent

Passed

50–5

Mar 13, 2019

SB 181

provide for the transfer of funds from the budget reserve fund and to declare an emergency.

Absent

Passed

55–0

Mar 13, 2019

SB 180

revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2019.

Absent

Passed

54–1

Mar 13, 2019

SB 172

make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state and to declare an emergency.

Absent

Passed

55–0

Mar 13, 2019

HB 1087

promote free speech and intellectual diversity at certain institutions of higher education.

Yea

Passed

47–12

Mar 12, 2019

SB 146

revise certain provisions regarding licenses for speech-language pathology services.

Yea

Passed

49–11

Mar 12, 2019

SB 128

make an appropriation to the gaming commission fund, to provide for the transfer of funds to the special racing revolving fund and the South Dakota-bred racing fund, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

47–11

Mar 12, 2019

HB 1250

revise certain provisions regarding professional counselors and marriage and family therapists.

Nay

Passed

33–29

Mar 12, 2019

HB 1171

allow certain veterans to attend courses offered at postsecondary technical institutes without payment of tuition.

Yea

Passed

63–0

Mar 12, 2019

HB 1265

revise provisions regarding certain tax rates.

Yea

Passed

54–4

Mar 12, 2019