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 1021

make an appropriation to the State Conservation Commission and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

17–0

Feb 22, 2023

SB 35

make an appropriation to expand laboratory space at the Sanford Underground Research Facility and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

14–3

Feb 22, 2023

HB 1143

make an appropriation for the restoration, maintenance, and repair of the state capitol and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

11–6

Feb 22, 2023

SB 79

make an appropriation to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to improve and repair infrastructure around Hiddenwood Lake and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

15–2

Feb 22, 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

16–0

Feb 22, 2023

HB 1070

create the Center for American Exceptionalism at Black Hills State University, make an appropriation therefor, and declare an emergency. Against party

Nay

Passed

42–25

Feb 22, 2023

HB 1117

make an appropriation to support the small and mid-sized manufacturers, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

15–0

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

SB 59

make an appropriation to the Department of Education for grants to support career and technical education programs, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

12–5

Feb 22, 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

15–1

Feb 21, 2023