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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 42

authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the design and construction of an addition to the wellness center at the University of South Dakota, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

8–1

Mar 1, 2022

SB 133

make an appropriation to the Board of Regents to upgrade an education lab and purchase resources at Black Hills State University and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 1, 2022

SB 96

make an appropriation to the Board of Regents to renovate the science laboratories in the Churchill-Haines Building at the University of South Dakota.

Yea

Passed

8–1

Mar 1, 2022

SB 197

require the POW/MIA flag be displayed in the Senate and House of Representative chambers.

Absent

Passed

7–1

Mar 1, 2022

SCR 607

Encouraging the South Dakota High School Activities Association to sanction baseball.

Absent

Passed

64–2

Mar 1, 2022

SB 130

authorize the Board of Regents to acquire property, contract for the design and construction of the Dakota State University Applied Research Lab, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. Against party

Nay

Passed

6–3

Mar 1, 2022

SB 43

authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the design, renovation, and construction of an addition for a health sciences center at Black Hills State University–Rapid City, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Mar 1, 2022

SB 48

make an appropriation for the redesign and renovation of the Wagner Readiness Center and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

62–0

Feb 28, 2022

SB 34

make an appropriation for the enhancement and improvement of state radio infrastructure and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

61–1

Feb 28, 2022

SB 31

make an appropriation to the Department of Labor and Regulation for the modernization of the reemployment assistance enterprise system and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

58–4

Feb 28, 2022