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R South Dakota Senate · District 34 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Taffy Howard

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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
12%
some cross-party votes
Higher than 94% of chamber peers
Sponsored
420
bills & resolutions
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
Committees
6
assignments
2,950 roll-call votes

Voting record

Breaks with party 23% 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
609
votes against own party
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2,950
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1031
make an appropriation to the Board of Technical Education to construct an advanced manufacturing laboratory space and classrooms on the campus of Lake Area Technical College and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
7–0
Feb 22, 2022
HJR 5003
proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election a new section to Article VI of the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, relating to the definition of a human being.
Yea
Failed
31–33
Feb 22, 2022
HB 1032
make an appropriation to the Board of Technical Education to construct an agriculture and diesel power laboratory and multi-purpose space on the campus of Mitchell Technical College and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
7–0
Feb 22, 2022
HB 1277
make an appropriation to the State Conservation Commission, transfer moneys thereto, and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
6–1
Feb 22, 2022
HB 1334
make an appropriation of American Rescue Plan Act moneys for certain home and community-based services, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
61–3
Feb 22, 2022
HB 1101
make an appropriation for the construction of a new public safety regional jail near Deadwood and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Feb 22, 2022
HB 1226
make an appropriation to improve healthcare in South Dakota and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Feb 22, 2022
HB 1288
make an appropriation for the planning, renovation, and equipping of the North East Regional Jail Facility in Brown County and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
8–1
Feb 22, 2022
HB 1289
update provisions regarding self-service storage.
Yea
Passed
57–7
Feb 22, 2022
HB 1209
make an appropriation to the Board of Regents for improving the National Music Museum at the University of South Dakota and to declare an emergency.
Nay
Failed
3–5
Feb 22, 2022
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