R South Dakota Senate · District 34 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Taffy Howard

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Session

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

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

HB 1239

revise certain provisions related to the restriction of access to obscene materials in a public library or public school library.

Yea

Passed

32–2

Mar 10, 2025

HJR 5003

Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, requiring that a constitutional amendment receive an affirmative vote of sixty percent of the votes cast before the measure is enacted.

Yea

Passed

29–4

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1165

provide a means by which an agricultural producer may request an automatic refund of an assessment on crops. Against party

Yea

Failed

15–19

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1239

revise certain provisions related to the restriction of access to obscene materials in a public library or public school library. Bipartisan

Nay

Passed

18–16

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1208

designate an individual using the address of a mail forwarding service or post office box when applying to register as a voter or vote by absentee ballot as a federal voter.

Yea

Passed

25–9

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1130

provide permissible dates for municipal and school district elections.

Yea

Passed

23–11

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1007

prohibit use of the South Dakota public utilities commission gross receipts tax fund for reimbursement of costs incurred by the Public Utilities Commission.

Yea

Passed

34–0

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1184

amend the deadline for filing a petition to initiate a measure or constitutional amendment.

Yea

Passed

19–15

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1039

amend the programs reimbursing a teacher or school counselor for earning national board certification.

Yea

Passed

30–2

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1245

exempt from the state sales and use tax gross receipts for certain services to a partnership.

Yea

Passed

31–1

Mar 10, 2025