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

2,196

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1024

make an appropriation for the construction of a maintenance shop for the Wildland Fire Suppression Division in Hot Springs and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

63–4

Feb 27, 2023

HB 1078

make an appropriation to the Department of Human Services for the development and expansion of adult day services programs and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

61–6

Feb 27, 2023

SB 5

extend the termination date of the Juvenile Justice Oversight Council and modify its membership requirements.

Yea

Passed

65–2

Feb 27, 2023

SB 50

revise the crime of witness tampering.

Yea

Passed

62–5

Feb 27, 2023

HB 1017

authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase certain real property, to contract for the design of a prison facility for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer funds to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

51–16

Feb 27, 2023

HB 1016

authorize the South Dakota Department of Corrections to construct a prison facility for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections in Rapid City, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

64–2

Feb 27, 2023

SB 86

require candidates for party precinct committeeman or committeewoman to include an email address and phone number in the written statement submitted to the county auditor.

Yea

Passed

66–1

Feb 27, 2023

SB 158

make an appropriation to provide funding for major infrastructure projects to support South Dakota airports.

Yea

Passed

15–2

Feb 24, 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

16–1

Feb 24, 2023

SB 148

make an appropriation to provide support for an airline terminal infrastructure expansion project at the Rapid City Regional Airport.

Yea

Passed

15–0

Feb 24, 2023