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 1071

make an appropriation for maintaining the drainage of Lake Andes and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Feb 8, 2022

SB 87

update the South Dakota Coordinate System to conform to national standards.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Feb 8, 2022

HB 1185

permit the wearing of a beaded graduation cap at a school honoring or graduation ceremony.

Absent

Passed

53–14

Feb 8, 2022

HB 1203

require taxing districts to hold a public hearing when increasing property tax revenues relative to the previous year.

Nay

Failed

5–6

Feb 8, 2022

HB 1130

specify taxation, authorization, and standards of practice for the sale of travel insurance.

Absent

Passed

56–11

Feb 8, 2022

HB 1203

require taxing districts to hold a public hearing when increasing property tax revenues relative to the previous year.

Yea

Passed

9–0

Feb 8, 2022

HB 1196

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

Absent

Passed

61–6

Feb 8, 2022

HB 1197

include certain costs as project costs for tax increment financing districts.

Yea

Passed

10–0

Feb 8, 2022

HB 1168

to eliminate property tax for certain seniors.

Yea

Passed

9–2

Feb 8, 2022

HB 1203

require taxing districts to hold a public hearing when increasing property tax revenues relative to the previous year.

Yea

Passed

11–0

Feb 8, 2022