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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
13%
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 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
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2,950
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1230
add clergy to the list of mandatory reporters for suspected child abuse or neglect.
Nay
Failed
27–36
Feb 25, 2019
SB 80
make an appropriation to the Equal Access to Our Courts Commission.
Yea
Passed
8–1
Feb 25, 2019
HB 1270
protect the teaching of certain scientific information. Against party
Yea
Failed
20–43
Feb 25, 2019
HB 1230
add clergy to the list of mandatory reporters for suspected child abuse or neglect.
Nay
Failed
31–32
Feb 25, 2019
HB 1093
establish legal standards applicable to petition challenges.
Yea
Passed
61–0
Feb 25, 2019
HB 1084
provide for specific classification of affordable housing structures for purposes of taxation. Against party
Nay
Passed
37–26
Feb 25, 2019
HB 1265
revise provisions regarding certain tax rates.
Yea
Passed
32–32
Feb 25, 2019
SB 102
make an appropriation for gas well cleanup in Harding County. Against party
Nay
Passed
6–3
Feb 25, 2019
HJR 1006
Proposing and submitting to voters an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, revising legislative terms of office.
Nay
Failed
27–37
Feb 25, 2019
HB 1130
revise provisions regarding certain Class 2 misdemeanors.
Yea
Passed
33–31
Feb 25, 2019
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