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

SB 171

provide for the South Dakota Freedom Scholarship, make an appropriation therefor, and declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

52–17

Mar 3, 2021

SCR 603

Supporting the establishment of the Economic Development Professionals Association of South Dakota.

Yea

Passed

58–11

Mar 3, 2021

SB 70

revise and reorganize certain provisions regarding the assessment of property for the purposes of taxation.

Yea

Passed

62–4

Mar 3, 2021

SB 141

revise the automatic removal of certain convictions from a background check record.

Nay

Failed

26–42

Mar 3, 2021

SB 108

revise certain provisions related to cooperatives.

Yea

Passed

69–0

Mar 3, 2021

SB 112

establish requirements for filling the vacancies of certain constitutional offices.

Yea

Passed

54–14

Mar 3, 2021

SB 177

revise the provisions of parental choice regarding compulsory school attendance and matters ancillary thereto.

Yea

Passed

41–27

Mar 2, 2021

SB 85

modify the composition of the Retirement Laws Committee.

Yea

Passed

56–11

Mar 2, 2021

HCR 6013

To protect our Second Amendment rights from federal overreach using the official purpose provision of the REAL ID Act of 2005.

Yea

Passed

62–7

Mar 2, 2021

SB 86

revise certain requirements regarding the review of initiated amendments to the Constitution and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

58–9

Mar 2, 2021