Photo of Ernie Otten
R South Dakota Senate · District 6 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Ernie Otten

Compare
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
HB 1026
prohibit eligibility for a suspended imposition of sentence for the crime of rape.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Jan 31, 2022
HB 1094
revise provisions related to medical cannabis for the protection of youth. Against party
Nay
Failed
31–32
Jan 31, 2022
SB 36
require financial security for the decommissioning of solar facilities.
Yea
Passed
63–0
Jan 31, 2022
SB 47
revise certain provisions regarding money transmission.
Yea
Passed
68–0
Jan 27, 2022
HB 1053
authorize counties to issue bonds for certain expenditures funded by a gross receipts tax.
Yea
Passed
13–0
Jan 27, 2022
HB 1053
authorize counties to issue bonds for certain expenditures funded by a gross receipts tax.
Yea
Passed
13–0
Jan 27, 2022
HB 1057
prohibit the unauthorized transfer of cannabis and cannabis products by a medical cannabis cardholder to another person.
Nay
Failed
30–38
Jan 27, 2022
SB 74
revise provisions regarding out-of-service motor carrier violations.
Yea
Passed
12–0
Jan 27, 2022
HB 1081
add solar energy tax revenue to the calculation of local effort for state aid to school districts.
Yea
Passed
8–4
Jan 27, 2022
HB 1070
clarify certain provisions of the rural access infrastructure improvements grant program.
Yea
Passed
13–0
Jan 27, 2022
Showing 1,811 to 1,820 of 2,196 votes