R South Dakota Senate · District 6 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Ernie Otten

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Session

Total votes

2,196

all sessions

Attendance

93%

135 missed

Near the chamber average

With party

89%

of cast votes

Higher than 85% of chamber peers

Bipartisan score

7%

crosses aisle rarely

Lower than 89% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

1,723

voted in favor

Nay

320

voted against

Absent

135

missed votes

Total cast

2,196

across all sessions

Crossed party

208

votes against own party

This page

2,196

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 59

provide for the downgrade of commercial driver licenses and commercial learners permits upon notice of certain drug and alcohol violations.

Yea

Passed

63–0

Jan 29, 2024

HB 1083

permit a person convicted of certain driving under the influence offenses to drive for certain purposes.

Yea

Passed

65–0

Jan 25, 2024

HB 1123

allow for an action to establish paternity after age eighteen based on genetic test results. Against party

Nay

Passed

40–25

Jan 25, 2024

HB 1095

establish provisions for the operation of automated motor vehicles. Bipartisan

Yea

Passed

43–22

Jan 25, 2024

HB 1088

remove the option for a court services officer to prepare documentation in an adoption proceeding.

Yea

Passed

64–1

Jan 24, 2024

HB 1090

revise provisions related to tax deeds and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

63–2

Jan 24, 2024

SB 65

modify time limits for collection efforts for debts owed to the state.

Yea

Passed

65–0

Jan 24, 2024

SB 4

revise provisions regarding township contracts for snow removal.

Yea

Passed

65–0

Jan 24, 2024

HB 1038

exclude certain habitual DUI offenders from eligibility for presumptive probation.

Yea

Passed

65–0

Jan 23, 2024

HB 1069

permit the display of campaign signs in municipalities in conjunction with the beginning of absentee voting.

Yea

Passed

64–0

Jan 23, 2024