Sen. Taffy Howard
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
This page
2,950
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HCR 1004
Strengthening the sister-state ties between the State of South Dakota and Taiwan; supporting the signing of a Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) between Taiwan and the United States; and reaffirming support for increasing Taiwan's international profile.
Yea
Passed
60–0
Feb 20, 2019
HB 1109
exclude certain funds from the calculation of local effort in the state aid to education formula.
Yea
Passed
7–1
Feb 20, 2019
HB 1139
repeal provisions regarding maximum taxes levied by a school district for capital outlay.
Nay
Passed
31–30
Feb 20, 2019
HB 1238
revise provisions regarding training on missing and murdered indigenous persons.
Yea
Passed
59–0
Feb 20, 2019
HJR 1003
Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election a new section to Article XII of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the creation and administration of a trust fund using the net receipts from unclaimed property.
Yea
Passed
5–3
Feb 20, 2019
HB 1127
revise the calculation of fall enrollment for the purposes of education funding.
Yea
Passed
7–1
Feb 20, 2019
HB 1234
provide funding to schools from the contractor's excise tax on concentrated animal feeding operations.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Feb 20, 2019
HB 1118
revise provisions regarding excise taxes on the purchase price of motor vehicles.
Yea
Passed
44–17
Feb 20, 2019
HB 1263
revise the appropriation for the construction of a National Guard Readiness Center at the Rapid City Airport and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Feb 19, 2019
HB 1258
create the clean air act settlement fund, to make an appropriation from the fund, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
6–0
Feb 19, 2019
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