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

HB 1030

allow the Office of School and Public Lands to accept internet bidding for the leasing of state minerals.

Absent

Passed

63–0

Jan 15, 2019

HB 1031

authorize certain wind and solar easements and leases by the commissioner of School and Public Lands.

Absent

Passed

53–10

Jan 15, 2019

HB 1006

revise the time requirements for parole reports and plans.

Absent

Passed

62–1

Jan 15, 2019

HB 1004

revise parole date calculation provisions.

Absent

Passed

63–0

Jan 15, 2019

HB 1002

provide for criminal background checks for certain applicants and employees of the Department of Public Safety.

Absent

Passed

63–0

Jan 15, 2019

HB 1039

provide for the use of the Obligation Recovery Center by certain postsecondary technical institutes.

Absent

Passed

62–1

Jan 15, 2019

HB 1005

authorize a hearing panel of the Board of Pardons and Paroles to make clemency recommendations.

Absent

Passed

58–5

Jan 15, 2019

SCR 4

Commending and thanking the men and women of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), urging Congress and the President to fund construction of steel barriers and border control impediments along with the strengthening of current border control infrastructure, and urging Congress and the President to ensure compliance with and enforcement of federal immigration laws.

Absent

Passed

51–13

Jan 14, 2019

SCR 3

Commending, honoring, and thanking South Dakota's numerous women veterans for their service to our country and state.

Absent

Passed

64–0

Jan 14, 2019

HB 1017

provide for the destruction of certain contraband cigarettes.

Absent

Passed

64–0

Jan 14, 2019