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 174
make an appropriation to defray the operational costs of school districts.
Yea
Passed
14–3
Feb 26, 2026
HB 1204
create the South Dakota school construction fund, provide for the transfer of moneys to the fund, and make an appropriation therefor.
Yea
Passed
11–6
Feb 26, 2026
HB 1084
amend provisions pertaining to the public availability of information contained in certain records.
Yea
Passed
29–3
Feb 26, 2026
SB 231
create the water infrastructure development fund, to provide an appropriation, to provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the fund for certain rural water projects and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
30–2
Feb 26, 2026
SB 220
authorize a comprehensive study of juvenile correctional and residential facilities, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
23–9
Feb 26, 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
16–1
Feb 26, 2026
HB 1073
provide for the creation of a cardiac emergency plan in every school and to make an appropriation therefor.
Yea
Passed
10–6
Feb 26, 2026
SB 240
make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
31–1
Feb 26, 2026
SB 37
make appropriations for water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
17–0
Feb 26, 2026
HB 1086
make an appropriation for providing a grant to a nonprofit that delivers programming to support offenders and correctional staff.
Yea
Passed
10–6
Feb 26, 2026
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