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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
7%
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
208
votes against own party
This page
2,196
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1160
limit probation for offenders with four or more felony convictions.
Yea
Passed
63–4
Feb 16, 2023
HB 1153
update travel expenses, moving expenses, and other reimbursements.
Yea
Passed
64–4
Feb 16, 2023
HB 1144
bolster the workforce of South Dakota.
Yea
Passed
51–16
Feb 16, 2023
HB 1045
increase the basic salary schedule for county veterans' service officers.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Feb 16, 2023
SB 19
make an appropriation for the payment of extraordinary litigation expenses and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
55–12
Feb 16, 2023
HB 1141
provide property tax relief for owner-occupied single-family dwellings.
Yea
Passed
57–10
Feb 16, 2023
HB 1151
create the South Dakota paid family leave program.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Feb 16, 2023
HB 1166
revise certain provisions related to mileage reimbursement.
Yea
Passed
7–2
Feb 16, 2023
HB 1094
lower the state sales tax rate and the state use tax rate on food to zero percent, and to repeal a conditional reduction of certain gross receipts tax rates.
Yea
Passed
55–13
Feb 16, 2023
HB 1065
increase the maximum amount of dollars payable by the state to erect the headstone of a deceased veteran.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Feb 16, 2023
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