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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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matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 159
revise provisions regarding vehicle warranty claims.
Yea
Passed
65–1
Mar 1, 2023
SB 23
make an appropriation for the modernization of the state's enterprise resource planning systems and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
64–1
Mar 1, 2023
SB 104
reduce certain gross receipts tax rates and a use tax rate, and to repeal a conditional reduction of certain gross receipts tax rates.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Mar 1, 2023
SB 160
establish post-election audits.
Yea
Passed
66–0
Mar 1, 2023
SB 173
make an appropriation for design costs related to the new Lincoln Hall at Northern State University, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
46–20
Mar 1, 2023
SB 105
require updated cost report information for certain community-based health and human services providers.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Mar 1, 2023
SB 155
create the jail improvement and construction fund for the improvement and construction of jails, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Nay
Failed
13–53
Mar 1, 2023
SB 149
create the Medicaid expansion fund and to transfer monies received as a result of expanding Medicaid eligibility.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Mar 1, 2023
SB 74
provide for the establishment of regional jail authorities. Against party
Nay
Passed
44–22
Mar 1, 2023
HB 1165
modify certain provisions pertaining to absentee voting.
Yea
Passed
55–11
Mar 1, 2023
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