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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
6%
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
206
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
SB 203
appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.
Yea
Passed
17–0
Mar 9, 2023
SB 210
appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.
Yea
Passed
64–3
Mar 9, 2023
SB 24
revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.
Yea
Passed
16–1
Mar 9, 2023
SB 134
revise membership of the Medical Marijuana Oversight Committee.
Yea
Passed
60–5
Mar 9, 2023
SB 156
make an appropriation of American Rescue Plan Act monies for eligible water projects and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
44–24
Mar 9, 2023
SB 16
make an appropriation to rehabilitate the rail line from the city of Milbank to the city of Sisseton and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
51–16
Mar 9, 2023
HB 1049
revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2023.
Yea
Passed
64–4
Mar 9, 2023
SB 210
appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.
Yea
Passed
17–0
Mar 9, 2023
HB 1049
revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2023.
Yea
Passed
17–0
Mar 9, 2023
SB 59
make an appropriation to the Department of Education for grants to support career and technical education programs, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
49–17
Mar 9, 2023
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