Sen. Ernie Otten
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
SB 175
make an appropriation to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks for building a shooting range in western South Dakota and to declare an emergency. Bipartisan
Nay
Passed
34–34
Mar 7, 2022
SB 103
make an appropriation to support the teen court grant program and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
60–8
Mar 7, 2022
SCR 608
To conduct an interim study examining local jails and opportunities for collaboration with state correctional plans.
Yea
Passed
67–1
Mar 7, 2022
SB 144
create the incarceration construction fund for the capital construction of such facilities.
Yea
Passed
65–3
Mar 7, 2022
SB 211
protect an individual's conscience from entities requiring the COVID-19 vaccine. Against party
Nay
Passed
38–30
Mar 7, 2022
SB 155
make an appropriation for programs that assist victims of domestic violence, abuse, and neglect and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
56–12
Mar 7, 2022
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