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%

154 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

154

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 1006

Instructing South Dakota's congressional representatives to support an effort in Congress to terminate the U.S. Department of Education.

Yea

Passed

44–21

Feb 13, 2019

SB 129

exempt motor vehicles owned by licensed ambulance services from certain motor vehicle registration fees.

Yea

Passed

65–0

Feb 13, 2019

HB 1171

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

Yea

Passed

7–0

Feb 13, 2019

HB 1187

authorize the Bureau of Administration to conduct a study of the Flaming Fountain on Capitol Lake, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Feb 13, 2019

HB 1216

increase certain civil penalties for fleeing from police.

Yea

Passed

57–7

Feb 13, 2019

HB 1080

increase the property tax exemption allowed for certain veterans with a disability and the surviving spouses of certain veterans with a disability.

Absent

Passed

7–0

Feb 13, 2019

HB 1108

prohibit certain gender dysphoria instruction in public schools.

Yea

Passed

36–29

Feb 12, 2019

HB 1128

revise provisions regarding the maximum term of promissory notes issued to municipalities.

Yea

Passed

59–6

Feb 12, 2019

HB 1196

provide a definition of blockchain technology for certain purposes.

Yea

Passed

59–1

Feb 12, 2019

HB 1155

provide for certain privileged communications between social workers and students. Against party

Nay

Passed

46–13

Feb 12, 2019