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

6%

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

206

votes against own party

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 206

clarify good cause for the purpose of continuing an involuntary commitment hearing.

Yea

Passed

66–0

Mar 6, 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

49–18

Mar 6, 2023

SB 91

revise certain provisions regarding the crime of rape and provide a penalty therefor.

Yea

Passed

64–2

Mar 6, 2023

SB 141

clarify and modernize cremation requirements and procedures.

Yea

Passed

66–0

Mar 6, 2023

HB 1154

modify acceptable conduct for practitioners related to medical cannabis.

Yea

Passed

63–3

Mar 6, 2023

SB 207

provide a penalty for the expenditure of public funds to influence the outcome of an election.

Yea

Passed

60–6

Mar 6, 2023

SB 174

prohibit the enactment or implementation of an ordinance, resolution, or policy that prohibits the use of an energy utility service.

Yea

Passed

62–5

Mar 6, 2023

HB 1127

make an appropriation to support volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

66–1

Mar 2, 2023

SB 40

revise the process for nominating candidates for lieutenant governor and to make related technical changes.

Yea

Passed

46–21

Mar 2, 2023

SB 3

prohibit the issuance of a written certification to a pregnant woman or breastfeeding mother for purposes of medical cannabis use.

Yea

Passed

66–1

Mar 2, 2023