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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 180

revise certain provisions regarding revenues generated by and donations to the South Dakota State Veterans Cemetery, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

69–0

Mar 11, 2021

SB 64

revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2021.

Yea

Passed

58–11

Mar 11, 2021

SB 195

appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.

Yea

Passed

61–8

Mar 11, 2021

HB 1100

modify the medical marijuana program, to create an interim committee to recommend implementation of the medical marijuana program, and to remove and clarify penalties for marijuana use under certain circumstances.

Yea

Passed

67–3

Mar 10, 2021

HB 1153

authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the design and construction of a new dairy research and extension farm on the campus of South Dakota State University, together with equipment and furnishings, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

57–11

Mar 9, 2021

HB 1171

make an appropriation to the State Conservation Commission and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

58–9

Mar 9, 2021

HCR 6012

To encourage the Executive Board of the Legislature to reauthorize the Mental Health of First Responders Task Force interim legislative study.

Yea

Passed

66–2

Mar 9, 2021

HB 1064

make an appropriation for and the establishment of peer support and critical incident stress management training for first responder organizations, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

66–0

Mar 9, 2021

SB 77

require certain font size for initiated measure petitions and constitutional amendment petitions.

Yea

Passed

58–10

Mar 9, 2021

HB 1139

require that assisted living facilities create and post visitation policies.

Yea

Passed

64–4

Mar 9, 2021