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

HB 1119

revise the general state aid formula to provide adjustment for alternative education students participating in interscholastic activities.

Yea

Passed

55–13

Mar 2, 2022

SB 84

make an appropriation for the design, renovation, and construction of a multi-purpose facility at the Cottonwood Field Station and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

51–17

Mar 2, 2022

SB 41

revise the appropriation for the construction of a National Guard Readiness Center in Sioux Falls, for the purchase and exchange of property between the state and the Sioux Falls Development Foundation, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

68–0

Mar 2, 2022

SB 53

authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase certain real property and contract for design of a community work center for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

47–21

Mar 2, 2022

SB 65

delineate uses for the South Dakota housing opportunity fund. Against party

Nay

Passed

45–22

Mar 2, 2022

SB 53

authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase certain real property and contract for design of a community work center for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

44–23

Mar 2, 2022

SB 84

make an appropriation for the design, renovation, and construction of a multi-purpose facility at the Cottonwood Field Station and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

53–13

Mar 2, 2022

HB 1196

designate the traditional flute as the official indigenous musical instrument of South Dakota.

Yea

Passed

68–0

Mar 1, 2022

SB 147

authorize the construction and operation of a nursing facility in Lyman County and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

66–3

Mar 1, 2022

SB 165

exempt gross receipts of certain coaches from certain gross receipts taxes.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Mar 1, 2022