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 156

make an appropriation for the payment of certain delinquent taxes.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Feb 25, 2019

HB 1177

provide an opportunity to view a sonogram and hear the child's heartbeat prior to an abortion.

Yea

Passed

55–9

Feb 25, 2019

HB 1090

repeal certain provisions regarding the exercise of certain powers over certain property.

Yea

Passed

61–0

Feb 25, 2019

HB 1212

make an appropriation to fund the industrial hemp licensure program and to declare an emergency. Against party

Nay

Passed

7–1

Feb 25, 2019

HB 1209

revise certain provisions regarding vapor products. Against party

Nay

Passed

44–19

Feb 25, 2019

HB 1251

license out-of-state multi-jurisdictional totalizator hubs and distribute source market fees to the special racing revolving fund and the South Dakota-bred racing fund.

Yea

Passed

42–22

Feb 25, 2019

HB 1272

provide for remote notarization.

Yea

Passed

61–0

Feb 25, 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. Against party

Nay

Passed

7–1

Feb 25, 2019

SB 8

provide for a statewide resource information system. Against party

Nay

Passed

7–2

Feb 25, 2019

HB 1246

provide for increase in participation of entrepreneurship and state economic development initiatives by the nine federally recognized tribes in South Dakota.

Yea

Passed

63–1

Feb 25, 2019