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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%
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
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
154
missed votes
Total cast
2,950
across all sessions
Crossed party
606
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
HB 1143
revise provisions regarding contribution limits to political action committees.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Feb 11, 2019
HB 1200
require the posting of contact information for persons serving on a board of township supervisors.
Yea
Passed
45–18
Feb 11, 2019
HB 1261
make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Feb 8, 2019
HB 1063
revise provisions regarding engaging in sexual activity for a fee or other compensation.
Yea
Passed
64–1
Feb 8, 2019
HB 1056
prohibit certain local ordinances regarding firearms.
Yea
Passed
49–16
Feb 8, 2019
HB 1254
make appropriations from the water and environment fund and its revolving fund subfunds for various water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Feb 8, 2019
HB 1264
authorize the payment of a self-insured retention on a cyber liability insurance policy from the extraordinary litigation fund, to make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Feb 8, 2019
HB 1259
make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Feb 8, 2019
HB 1061
provide for a court order to test for HIV at the request of victims of certain crimes.
Yea
Passed
65–0
Feb 8, 2019
HB 1215
revise provisions regarding the posting of county and municipality ordinances.
Yea
Passed
65–0
Feb 8, 2019
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