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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
SB 17
revise certain provisions regarding a division under the Department of Human Services.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Jan 30, 2018
HB 1093
authorize certain insurance transactions and policies in a language other than English.
Yea
Passed
53–10
Jan 30, 2018
HB 1082
revise certain provisions regarding licensure for the lending of money.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Jan 30, 2018
SB 27
make an appropriation from the coordinated natural resources conservation fund to the State Conservation Commission and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Jan 30, 2018
HB 1104
revise certain provisions regarding the arrest of certain victims of domestic abuse.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Jan 30, 2018
HB 1012
revise certain provisions regarding political party status and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Jan 30, 2018
SB 40
authorize the transfer of certain surplus real estate in Rapid City to the Ellsworth Development Authority and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
57–6
Jan 30, 2018
HB 1078
revise certain provisions regarding the removal of security freezes.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Jan 30, 2018
SB 18
revise certain provisions regarding the South Dakota Board of Technical Education.
Yea
Passed
60–0
Jan 25, 2018
HB 1105
revise certain provisions regarding the validation of absentee ballot signatures.
Yea
Passed
60–0
Jan 25, 2018
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