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 41
revise a provision related to criminal invasions of privacy, prohibit the creation and distribution of digitally fabricated material of an identifiable individual, and provide penalties therefor.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Jan 16, 2026
SB 40
revise the compliance requirements for limitations on foreign ownership of agricultural land.
Yea
Passed
32–0
Jan 16, 2026
SR 701
recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Yea
Passed
18–15
Jan 15, 2026
SCR 601
encouraging honest economic development rooted in the republican principles of limited government, deregulation, and organic entrepreneurial growth. Bipartisan
Yea
Failed
16–17
Jan 15, 2026
SR 701
recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Jan 15, 2026
SB 2
authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase and exchange certain real property, to contract for the design of a prison facility, to construct a prison facility in Minnehaha County for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer moneys to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
24–11
Sep 23, 2025
HB 1169
modify the signature requirement for a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment.
Yea
Failed
16–16
Mar 31, 2025
SB 55
revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.
Yea
Passed
33–2
Mar 13, 2025
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