Sen. Ernie Otten
Total votes
2,195
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 86% of chamber peers
Sponsored
274
bills & resolutions
Lower than 83% of chamber peers
Committees
8
assignments
2,195 roll-call votes
Voting record
Yea
1,722
voted in favor
Nay
320
voted against
Absent
135
missed votes
Total cast
2,195
across all sessions
Crossed party
209
votes against own party
This page
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 111
require that social media companies provide collected personal data of a user at the user's request and maintain transparent interoperability interfaces.
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 2, 2026
SB 69
make an appropriation for the purchase of a new Division of Highway Patrol airplane and mission equipment and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
29–4
Mar 2, 2026
HB 1200
make an appropriation for victim services provided by nonprofit organizations.
Yea
Passed
14–2
Feb 26, 2026
SB 136
make an appropriation for grants to support the purchase of personal protective equipment by volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
16–0
Feb 26, 2026
HB 1202
authorize the construction of a trades center on the campus of Lake Area Technical College, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
13–4
Feb 26, 2026
HB 1219
require the provision of interpreter or translator services for parties to an administrative contested case.
Yea
Passed
30–2
Feb 26, 2026
HB 1073
provide for the creation of a cardiac emergency plan in every school and to make an appropriation therefor.
Nay
Failed
6–10
Feb 26, 2026
SB 79
make an appropriation to the South Dakota Board of Technical Education to construct an advanced manufacturing laboratory space and classrooms on the campus of Southeast Technical College and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
14–2
Feb 26, 2026
HB 1046
authorize the Department of Corrections to demolish the Pierre Minimum Center, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
30–2
Feb 26, 2026
SB 206
make an appropriation to contract for a study on the length of service award programs for volunteers.
Yea
Passed
12–4
Feb 26, 2026
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