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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 55
revise certain provisions regarding the tax on endoparasiticides and ectoparasiticides.
Absent
Passed
9–0
Jan 25, 2018
HB 1095
revise certain provisions regarding clerk magistrate jurisdiction.
Yea
Passed
60–0
Jan 25, 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.
Absent
Passed
9–0
Jan 25, 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.
Absent
Passed
9–0
Jan 25, 2018
HB 1090
revise the deposits of the proceeds from the sale of certain surplus real estate at the South Dakota Veterans' Home.
Absent
Passed
6–3
Jan 25, 2018
HJR 1001
Proposing and submitting to the voters an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, removing the Legislature's authority to set legislator salaries for a regular legislative session. Against party
Nay
Passed
34–26
Jan 25, 2018
SB 28
make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency.
Absent
Passed
9–0
Jan 25, 2018
HB 1079
authorize certain physical therapists to perform dry needling as a treatment technique.
Yea
Passed
56–5
Jan 24, 2018
HB 1032
exempt credit unions from the requirements to be licensed as real estate brokers.
Yea
Passed
44–17
Jan 24, 2018
HB 1033
revise certain licensing renewal procedures for business insurance producers. Against party
Nay
Passed
49–12
Jan 24, 2018
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