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

209

votes against own party

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1130

amend permissible uses of a school district's capital outlay fund.

Yea

Passed

24–9

Feb 25, 2026

HB 1293

make an appropriation for increasing the benefit amounts of the temporary assistance for needy families program, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

17–0

Feb 25, 2026

HB 1048

make an appropriation for the expansion of broadband infrastructure and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

15–1

Feb 25, 2026

HB 1262

make an appropriation for a non-residential, school-based, therapeutic services facility in Brown County and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

14–2

Feb 25, 2026

HB 1188

limit the liability of law enforcement officers and others when removing a disabled vehicle from a highway, a right of way, or public waters.

Yea

Passed

30–3

Feb 25, 2026

HB 1150

make an appropriation to increase the rate of payment for federally qualified health centers.

Yea

Passed

16–0

Feb 25, 2026

HB 1041

authorize the expansion and renovation of the Sturgis Readiness Center, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Feb 25, 2026

HB 1001

provide for prescribed burning of state-owned land by a person owning adjoining land and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Feb 25, 2026

HB 1143

authorize the possession and self-administration of diabetes medications by a student on school property and at school-related events and activities.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Feb 25, 2026

HB 1260

authorize the establishment of municipal property tax rebate programs.

Yea

Passed

31–2

Feb 25, 2026