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 30

remove outdated provisions within the insurance code.

Yea

Passed

34–0

Jan 17, 2025

HB 1223

authorize the provision of informed consent by a pregnant minor.

Nay

Failed

23–46

Mar 28, 2022

SB 213

revise Senate Bill 60, the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2022, as previously enacted in the Ninety-Seventh Session of the South Dakota Legislature.

Yea

Passed

15–0

Mar 28, 2022

SB 213

revise Senate Bill 60, the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2022, as previously enacted in the Ninety-Seventh Session of the South Dakota Legislature.

Yea

Passed

66–3

Mar 28, 2022

HB 1281

clarify the contents of the general appropriations act for fiscal year 2023, pertaining to certain federal moneys and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

39–30

Mar 28, 2022

SB 103

make an appropriation to support the teen court grant program and to declare an emergency. Against party

Nay

Passed

57–11

Mar 10, 2022

HB 1281

clarify the contents of the general appropriations act for fiscal year 2023, pertaining to certain federal moneys and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

51–16

Mar 10, 2022

HB 1281

clarify the contents of the general appropriations act for fiscal year 2023, pertaining to certain federal moneys and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

57–11

Mar 10, 2022

HB 1338

appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 10, 2022

SB 60

revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2022. Against party

Nay

Passed

59–9

Mar 10, 2022