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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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2,950
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1255
revise the authority of the interim Rules Review Committee to revert a rule to any step in the rules adoption process.
Yea
Passed
55–4
Feb 14, 2018
HB 1183
revise the deadline for the certification of certain municipal ballot language to the county auditor.
Yea
Passed
58–3
Feb 14, 2018
HB 1163
revise certain provisions regarding municipal publication deadlines.
Yea
Passed
58–3
Feb 14, 2018
HB 1230
provide for the primary enforcement of the law prohibiting certain electronic communications while operating a motor vehicle and to revise the penalty for a violation of that law. Against party
Nay
Passed
35–26
Feb 14, 2018
HB 1106
authorize hunting preference points to be granted to persons age ten years or older. Against party
Nay
Passed
50–9
Feb 14, 2018
SB 55
revise certain provisions regarding the tax on endoparasiticides and ectoparasiticides.
Yea
Passed
5–0
Feb 14, 2018
HB 1109
provide for parole eligibility for certain inmates. Against party
Nay
Passed
44–16
Feb 14, 2018
HB 1304
revise certain provisions regarding challenges to petition signatures.
Yea
Passed
60–0
Feb 13, 2018
HB 1159
revise certain notification provisions regarding damage of underground facilities.
Yea
Passed
59–1
Feb 13, 2018
HB 1280
revise certain provisions regarding the calculation of suspended prison sentences.
Yea
Passed
59–1
Feb 13, 2018
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