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 1079

increase the number of off-sale licenses from two to three in municipalities and counties of one thousand or less.

Yea

Passed

34–0

Feb 26, 2025

HB 1221

make an appropriation for victim services provided by nonprofit organizations. Against party

Nay

Passed

15–3

Feb 26, 2025

HB 1236

expand the safety zone within which hunting and trapping are restricted.

Nay

Failed

5–29

Feb 26, 2025

HB 1237

make an appropriation for the reconstruction of Custer West Dam.

Absent

Passed

13–4

Feb 26, 2025

SB 164

prohibit the use of a deepfake to influence an election and to provide a penalty therefor.

Yea

Passed

32–3

Feb 25, 2025

HB 1196

update Uniform Unclaimed Property Act to include provisions related to virtual currency and notice requirements.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Feb 25, 2025

SB 150

improve South Dakota.

Yea

Passed

35–0

Feb 25, 2025

SB 16

set aside certain contractor's excise tax collections relating to the Ellsworth Air Force Base, to create a fund for the collections, and to provide an appropriation therefor.

Yea

Passed

13–4

Feb 25, 2025

HB 1024

amend certain fees collected by the secretary of state.

Absent

Passed

8–0

Feb 25, 2025

SB 216

reduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze.

Yea

Passed

30–5

Feb 25, 2025