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 107

provide for the remote witnessing of certain legal instruments.

Absent

Passed

56–8

Mar 3, 2022

SB 108

repeal certain reporting requirements to the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council.

Yea

Passed

65–1

Mar 2, 2022

SB 58

make an appropriation for the construction of a new state public health laboratory and the renovation of the existing laboratory and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Mar 2, 2022

SB 33

authorize the Department of Corrections to make healthcare improvements at the South Dakota Women's Prison, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

7–0

Mar 2, 2022

SB 65

delineate uses for the South Dakota housing opportunity fund. Against party

Nay

Passed

47–17

Mar 2, 2022

SB 167

clarify the certification process for teachers and school administrators.

Yea

Passed

52–14

Mar 2, 2022

SB 24

establish a maximum number of cannabis plants that may be cultivated by a medical cannabis cardholder.

Yea

Passed

49–17

Mar 2, 2022

SB 195

establish the burden of proof after a claim of immunity.

Yea

Passed

48–18

Mar 2, 2022

SB 132

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

Yea

Passed

7–0

Mar 2, 2022

HB 1068

clarify the processing of sexual assault kits performed on individuals ages sixteen and seventeen.

Yea

Passed

66–0

Mar 2, 2022