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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
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 27
place certain substances on the controlled substances schedule and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
62–2
Jan 30, 2023
HB 1041
provide an exception to the definition of drug paraphernalia.
Yea
Passed
62–2
Jan 30, 2023
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
17–0
Jan 26, 2023
HB 1042
update additional charges allowed for mailing decals and plates and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
66–2
Jan 26, 2023
HB 1027
make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
17–0
Jan 26, 2023
HB 1090
modify protections for agricultural operations from nuisance claims.
Yea
Passed
60–8
Jan 26, 2023
HB 1034
modify tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
16–0
Jan 26, 2023
HB 1072
subject lithium to severance tax.
Yea
Passed
56–12
Jan 26, 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
17–0
Jan 26, 2023
HB 1026
make an appropriation for costs related to suppression of wildfires in the state and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
17–0
Jan 26, 2023
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