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 123

provide for the adoption of privacy protection policies.

Yea

Passed

58–4

Mar 12, 2019

HB 1191

legalize the growth, production, and processing of industrial hemp and derivative products in the state.

Yea

Passed

55–7

Mar 11, 2019

HB 1099

provide for the designation of a caregiver to receive information regarding residents of treatment facilities.

Yea

Passed

62–0

Mar 11, 2019

HB 1250

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

Nay

Passed

37–25

Mar 11, 2019

HB 1186

repeal the termination of the juvenile detention cost-sharing fund.

Yea

Passed

59–3

Mar 11, 2019

SCR 13

Recognizing the "Know Before You Fly" campaign as an official source of safety education for operators of unmanned aircraft systems and instructing the Department of Public Safety to educate the public about the campaign.

Yea

Passed

59–1

Mar 7, 2019

SB 176

make an appropriation for the second century habitat fund. Against party

Nay

Passed

43–19

Mar 7, 2019

SB 176

make an appropriation for the second century habitat fund. Against party

Nay

Passed

37–25

Mar 7, 2019

HR 1004

Petitioning Congress and the President to immediately defund Planned Parenthood of all federal funding; strongly condemning the recent unrestrictive abortion law passed in New York; and, expressing South Dakotans' continued resolve to secure the blessings of life and liberty for our posterity.

Yea

Passed

51–9

Mar 7, 2019

SB 181

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

Nay

Passed

54–6

Mar 7, 2019