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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 1195
revise certain provisions regarding refunds of motor vehicle license fees.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Feb 5, 2018
HB 1213
revise certain provisions regarding telephone and telegraph corporations.
Yea
Passed
61–2
Feb 5, 2018
HB 1127
revise certain provisions relating to fees charged for security freezes.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Feb 5, 2018
SB 71
revise certain provisions related to a license renewal for the practice of medicine, osteopathy, surgery, or obstetrics.
Yea
Passed
61–2
Feb 5, 2018
HB 1061
authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the construction of two athletic and recreation fields and related structures at Northern State University, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
50–12
Feb 5, 2018
HB 1060
authorize the South Dakota Building Authority and the Board of Regents to finance, design, and renovate the Dakota Dome at the University of South Dakota and to make an appropriation therefor.
Yea
Passed
58–4
Feb 5, 2018
HB 1186
provide for a legislative review of the Board of Regents. Against party
Yea
Failed
22–41
Feb 5, 2018
HCR 1008
that tobacco, alcohol, and other drug marketing have no place in the lives of the children of the state.
Yea
Passed
61–1
Feb 2, 2018
SB 35
revise the classification of juvenile corrections agents in the South Dakota Retirement System and to revise certain terminology regarding correctional staff.
Yea
Passed
62–0
Feb 2, 2018
SB 36
revise certain provisions regarding the South Dakota Retirement System.
Yea
Passed
62–0
Feb 2, 2018
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