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

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

5–4

Feb 10, 2025

SB 46

specify the funds into which certain boat fees are deposited.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Feb 10, 2025

SB 27

revise provisions relating to licensing fees for cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology. Against party

Nay

Passed

6–3

Feb 10, 2025

SB 33

make appropriations for water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

33–1

Feb 10, 2025

SB 116

revise and repeal provisions related to street racing prohibitions and to provide a penalty therefor.

Yea

Passed

25–9

Feb 10, 2025

SB 33

make appropriations for water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

17–0

Feb 7, 2025

SB 161

establish a maximum school administrator salary. Against party

Yea

Failed

13–22

Feb 7, 2025

SB 58

revise provisions related to human trafficking, to prohibit the obstruction of human trafficking enforcement, and to provide a penalty therefor.

Yea

Passed

35–0

Feb 7, 2025

SB 97

allow the governing body of a municipality to change the use of municipally owned parkland by ordinance. Against party

Nay

Passed

34–1

Feb 7, 2025

HB 1098

make an appropriation to the Department of Human Services for reimbursing the cost of respite care services for caregivers of individuals with dementia and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

17–0

Feb 7, 2025