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%

153 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

153

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 90

revise certain provisions regarding local building codes.

Yea

Passed

65–1

Mar 3, 2022

SB 150

revise provisions concerning medical cannabis.

Absent

Failed

25–40

Mar 3, 2022

SB 103

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

Nay

Passed

8–1

Mar 3, 2022

HB 1176

grant immunity from certain liabilities for camping activities. Against party

Nay

Passed

61–6

Mar 3, 2022

SB 55

appropriate funds for the expansion of broadband infrastructure and to declare an emergency.

Absent

Passed

62–4

Mar 3, 2022

HB 1014

make an appropriation to fund tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

67–0

Mar 3, 2022

SB 144

create the incarceration construction fund for the capital construction of such facilities.

Yea

Passed

8–1

Mar 3, 2022

SB 203

revise certain provisions regarding utility facilities and revenue bonds.

Absent

Passed

64–1

Mar 3, 2022

SB 175

make an appropriation to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks for building a shooting range in western South Dakota and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

7–2

Mar 3, 2022

SB 132

make an appropriation for multi-media lab equipment at Black Hills State University and to declare an emergency.

Absent

Passed

60–2

Mar 3, 2022