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
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1327
reduce certain gross receipts tax rates and a use tax rate, and to repeal a conditional reduction of certain gross receipts tax rates.
Yea
Passed
38–31
Feb 23, 2022
HB 1237
make an appropriation of moneys received from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund to provide cash assistance to South Dakota citizens.
Absent
Passed
36–30
Feb 23, 2022
HB 1234
make an appropriation to provide contingency funds for unanticipated costs related to the coronavirus pandemic and to declare an emergency.
Absent
Failed
30–36
Feb 23, 2022
HB 1223
authorize the provision of informed consent by a pregnant minor.
Nay
Passed
36–33
Feb 23, 2022
HB 1166
make an appropriation for road improvements leading to the former entrance into the Palisades State Park and to declare an emergency.
Absent
Passed
51–15
Feb 23, 2022
HB 1038
establish an opioid abatement and remediation fund and to declare an emergency.
Absent
Passed
66–2
Feb 23, 2022
HB 1209
make an appropriation to the Board of Regents for improving the National Music Museum at the University of South Dakota and to declare an emergency. Against party
Nay
Passed
46–23
Feb 23, 2022
HB 1257
establish a fund to assist counties with paying infrastructure expenditures and to declare an emergency.
Absent
Passed
54–14
Feb 23, 2022
HB 1227
make an appropriation for stormwater infrastructure improvements in South Dakota and to declare an emergency.
Absent
Passed
52–16
Feb 23, 2022
HB 1277
make an appropriation to the State Conservation Commission, transfer moneys thereto, and to declare an emergency.
Absent
Passed
62–4
Feb 23, 2022
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