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
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matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 24
revise provisions relating to the promulgation of rules to set licensing and inspection fees for plumbers and related professions. Against party
Nay
Passed
25–10
Feb 12, 2025
HB 1047
make an appropriation to reimburse health care professionals who have complied with the requirements for rural recruitment assistance programs, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
34–0
Feb 11, 2025
SB 129
modify renewal fee requirements for an on-sale liquor licensee whose business premises have been annexed into a municipality of the first class.
Yea
Passed
34–0
Feb 11, 2025
SB 27
revise provisions relating to licensing fees for cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology. Against party
Nay
Passed
20–14
Feb 11, 2025
SB 143
modify the composition and staffing requirements of the South Dakota-Ireland Trade Commission.
Yea
Passed
34–0
Feb 11, 2025
HCR 6007
Recognizing emergency medical services personnel and supporting efforts to acknowledge emergency medical service as an essential public service.
Yea
Passed
34–0
Feb 11, 2025
HCR 6005
Encouraging the board of each school district in this state to develop and implement a policy that limits the use of cellular telephones and other electronic communication devices during instructional time.
Yea
Passed
31–3
Feb 11, 2025
SB 92
require that the director of the Legislative Research Council and the secretary of state review an initiated measure and determine if the measure embraces more than one subject.
Yea
Passed
34–0
Feb 11, 2025
SB 24
revise provisions relating to the promulgation of rules to set licensing and inspection fees for plumbers and related professions. Against party
Nay
Passed
21–13
Feb 11, 2025
SB 31
revise amounts for inspection fees for electrical installations. Against party
Nay
Passed
22–12
Feb 11, 2025
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