Sen. Ernie Otten
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
This page
2,196
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1118
make an appropriation to support the South Dakota Small Business Development Center and the South Dakota Procurement Technical Assistance Center, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
17–0
Feb 22, 2023
HB 1200
require a percentage of signatures on a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment to be obtained from each legislative district. Against party
Nay
Passed
45–22
Feb 22, 2023
HB 1065
increase the maximum amount of dollars payable by the state to erect the headstone of a deceased veteran.
Yea
Passed
65–2
Feb 22, 2023
HB 1137
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
64–3
Feb 22, 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
16–0
Feb 22, 2023
HB 1217
modify the requirements for eligibility to vote by absentee ballot.
Nay
Failed
28–39
Feb 22, 2023
HB 1070
create the Center for American Exceptionalism at Black Hills State University, make an appropriation therefor, and declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
45–22
Feb 22, 2023
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