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 1177

revise certain provisions relating to the circulation of a petition for an initiated measure.

Yea

Passed

51–11

Feb 7, 2018

HB 1165

repeal certain provisions providing for a pilot charter school for Native American students if the state had received a federal grant. Against party

Nay

Passed

41–22

Feb 6, 2018

HB 1249

authorize the training of tribal law officers at the Law Enforcement Training Center.

Yea

Passed

63–0

Feb 6, 2018

HB 1120

provide equal access for all students to activities sponsored by the South Dakota High School Activities Association or school districts. Bipartisan

Yea

Passed

34–29

Feb 6, 2018

HB 1176

revise certain provisions regarding campaign finance disclosure reports.

Yea

Passed

58–5

Feb 6, 2018

HB 1172

revise certain provisions regarding meetings of certain public bodies.

Yea

Passed

55–8

Feb 6, 2018

SCR 11

Expressing support for access to patient-centered and family focused advance care planning. Against party

Nay

Passed

51–12

Feb 6, 2018

HB 1136

revise certain provisions related to cooperatives.

Yea

Passed

63–0

Feb 6, 2018

HB 1119

revise certain provisions regarding riparian buffer strips.

Yea

Passed

63–0

Feb 5, 2018

HB 1062

authorize the Board of Regents to purchase unimproved real property in Brown County, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. Against party

Nay

Passed

51–11

Feb 5, 2018