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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
This page
2,950
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1088
revise the consignment sales requirements for dealers of motorcycles, off-road vehicles, snowmobiles, boats, and boat trailers.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Jan 30, 2018
HB 1066
revise certain provisions regarding the issuance of vehicle license plates and stickers.
Yea
Passed
62–1
Jan 30, 2018
HCR 1003
Promoting a resilient and healthy Black Hills forest through endorsement of the forest management principles identified in "Black Hills Resilient Forest Strategy" published December 2017.
Yea
Passed
62–0
Jan 30, 2018
HB 1064
expand the options for the beneficial disposition or use of certain real estate located in Minnehaha County, to make certain appropriations, and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
60–3
Jan 30, 2018
HB 1098
make an appropriation from the water and environment fund and its revolving fund subfunds for various water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Jan 30, 2018
HB 1053
provide certain earned discharge credits for inmates.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Jan 30, 2018
HB 1008
revise certain provisions that authorize the secretary of transportation to provide for temporary variable speed limits on state highways in the interests of highway safety due to varying weather, road work, and other conditions.
Yea
Passed
50–13
Jan 30, 2018
SCR 2
Endorsing the right to work provisions in the South Dakota Constitution and in the Labor Management Relations Act that prohibit forced union membership.
Yea
Passed
54–9
Jan 30, 2018
HB 1096
provide jurisdiction to magistrate judges for HOPE probation programs and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Jan 30, 2018
HB 1076
authorize townships to use a tax levy for emergency medical services.
Yea
Passed
61–1
Jan 30, 2018
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