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R South Dakota Senate · District 6 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Ernie Otten

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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
Sponsored
274
bills & resolutions
Lower than 83% of chamber peers
Committees
8
assignments
2,196 roll-call votes

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
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 7
revise the water resources projects list.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Jan 22, 2024
HB 1073
keep interest earned on incarceration construction fund moneys in the same fund.
Yea
Passed
65–0
Jan 19, 2024
HB 1047
enhance the penalties for eluding law enforcement.
Yea
Passed
53–12
Jan 19, 2024
HB 1046
prohibit the intentional disarming of a law enforcement officer and to provide a penalty therefor.
Yea
Passed
56–9
Jan 19, 2024
HB 1071
revise a provision providing authority to the Governor to enter into agreements with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Yea
Passed
58–7
Jan 18, 2024
HB 1049
authorize the Board of Regents to accept and use easement proceeds for the purposes authorized by the 2022 Session Laws, chapter 198.
Yea
Passed
6–1
Jan 18, 2024
HB 1073
keep interest earned on incarceration construction fund moneys in the same fund.
Yea
Passed
7–0
Jan 18, 2024
SCR 601
Celebrating the sister-state relationship with Taiwan.
Yea
Passed
65–0
Jan 18, 2024
HB 1012
adopt the interstate counseling licensure compact and revise educational requirements to comply with the compact.
Yea
Passed
51–14
Jan 18, 2024
HB 1011
revise the membership of the South Dakota Capitol Complex Restoration and Beautification Commission.
Yea
Passed
59–7
Jan 17, 2024
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