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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 62

make an appropriation for eligible water, wastewater, storm water, and nonpoint source projects and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

68–0

Mar 7, 2022

SB 32

authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase certain real property, construct a community work center for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, to make an appropriation therefor, transfer funds from the budget reserve fund, and to declare an emergency. Against party

Nay

Passed

42–26

Mar 7, 2022

SB 198

establish an interim committee regarding alternative programming for juvenile offenders.

Yea

Passed

61–7

Mar 7, 2022

SB 170

make an appropriation for costs related to forest resiliency and growth in the state and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

66–2

Mar 7, 2022

SB 212

revise certain fees collected by the Office of the Secretary of State.

Yea

Passed

60–8

Mar 7, 2022

SB 211

protect an individual's conscience from entities requiring the COVID-19 vaccine. Against party

Nay

Passed

36–32

Mar 7, 2022

SB 174

make an appropriation to provide a grant for the construction of a facility to provide certain health facilities and services and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

68–0

Mar 7, 2022

SB 54

appropriate funds for the Dakota State University Cyber Program Expansion and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

59–8

Mar 7, 2022

SB 109

make an appropriation to pay increased costs incurred in the construction of an appropriate regional facility and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

54–14

Mar 7, 2022

SB 97

authorize the Board of Regents to acquire the incubator building located on the campus of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, to contract for the design and renovation thereof, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

53–15

Mar 7, 2022