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 181

make an appropriation for road improvements leading to the State Veterans Cemetery and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

58–10

Mar 8, 2021

SB 17

authorize the South Dakota Department of Corrections to purchase certain real property, to make an appropriation, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

67–1

Mar 8, 2021

SB 144

make an appropriation to provide for a crisis stabilization unit and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

60–8

Mar 8, 2021

SB 35

make an appropriation to implement provisions concerning the legalization, regulation, and taxation of marijuana, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

58–9

Mar 8, 2021

SB 149

revise an appropriation regarding the fire insurance premium tax.

Yea

Passed

68–0

Mar 8, 2021

SB 99

authorize the Department of Agriculture to contract for the construction of a livestock and equestrian complex at the State Fair, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

59–9

Mar 8, 2021

SB 36

authorize the Department of Human Services to dismantle and demolish Dakota Hall and the root cellar and to restore grounds on the South Dakota Developmental Center campus, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

52–15

Mar 8, 2021

SB 131

make an appropriation for the improvement of South Dakota and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

65–4

Mar 8, 2021

SB 128

revise certain provisions related to news media coverage of high school activities.

Yea

Passed

66–2

Mar 8, 2021

SB 156

authorize the Board of Regents to contract for the construction of a Mineral Industry Building and the demolition of the old Mineral Industry Building on the campus of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

58–10

Mar 8, 2021