Sen. Taffy Howard
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
This page
2,950
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 67
permit a victim of child sex trafficking or exploitation to expunge any criminal or delinquency record obtained as a result of the victimization.
Yea
Passed
61–0
Feb 1, 2018
HB 1110
increase the penalty for certain subsequent convictions of hiring for sexual activity or promoting prostitution.
Yea
Passed
62–0
Feb 1, 2018
SB 47
authorize the completion of the sports performance enhancement facility arena and the outdoor track and soccer complex at the University of South Dakota, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Feb 1, 2018
HB 1148
revise certain provisions regarding the eligibility to serve on the Game, Fish, and Parks Commission.
Yea
Passed
53–9
Feb 1, 2018
SB 45
revise certain provisions regarding the sale of unclaimed property.
Yea
Passed
60–0
Feb 1, 2018
HB 1071
authorize the relocation of the School for the Blind and the Visually Impaired and the transfer of its existing real estate and facilities to Northern State University, to authorize actions necessary to accomplish that relocation and transfer, to protect the permanent endowment trust through exchanges of real estate and facilities, to appropriate funds, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Feb 1, 2018
SB 31
make an appropriation to reimburse health care professionals who have complied with the requirements for certain health care recruitment assistance programs and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
8–1
Feb 1, 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
11–0
Feb 1, 2018
HB 1065
authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the design, renovation of, and addition to, the National Music Museum in Vermillion and to make an appropriation therefor. Against party
Nay
Passed
7–1
Feb 1, 2018
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