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

7%

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

208

votes against own party

This page

2,196

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 13

authorize the construction of an addition to the BG Dean Mann Readiness Center in Sioux Falls, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

66–0

Feb 6, 2023

HB 1124

modify provisions pertaining to the testing of automatic tabulating equipment.

Yea

Passed

66–0

Feb 6, 2023

SB 12

authorize the construction of a National Guard vehicle maintenance shop in Watertown, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

66–0

Feb 6, 2023

SB 37

revise provisions pertaining to the South Dakota School for the Deaf.

Yea

Passed

66–0

Feb 6, 2023

HB 1175

update references to the Governor, lieutenant governor, and other persons.

Yea

Passed

62–4

Feb 6, 2023

SB 14

revise the legal description for the construction of a National Guard Readiness Center in Sioux Falls, make an additional appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

65–1

Feb 6, 2023

HB 1098

revise provisions related to juror compensation.

Nay

Passed

34–32

Feb 6, 2023

HB 1168

require active efforts to preserve and reunite Indian families in abuse and neglect proceedings.

Nay

Failed

30–36

Feb 6, 2023

HB 1106

revise certain provisions pertaining to poll watchers.

Yea

Passed

54–12

Feb 6, 2023

HB 1054

provide a stipend for the erection of a private headstone for a deceased veteran.

Yea

Passed

64–0

Feb 3, 2023