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R South Dakota Senate · District 6 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Ernie Otten

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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
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2,196
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 109
authorize certain interstate shipments of distilled spirits, to provide for the collection of taxes, and to establish certain penalties.
Yea
Passed
65–3
Mar 2, 2021
SB 70
revise and reorganize certain provisions regarding the assessment of property for the purposes of taxation.
Yea
Passed
7–2
Mar 2, 2021
SB 100
continue the prohibition on the seizure of firearms and ammunitions.
Yea
Passed
62–5
Mar 2, 2021
SB 57
revise the provisions regarding the South Dakota state employee health plan.
Yea
Passed
55–13
Mar 2, 2021
SB 123
require a comment period for the attorney general's statement regarding initiated measures and initiated amendments.
Yea
Passed
65–3
Mar 2, 2021
SB 135
reform training requirements for law enforcement officers.
Yea
Passed
69–0
Mar 2, 2021
SB 152
authorize counties to issue off-sale liquor licenses.
Yea
Passed
61–7
Mar 2, 2021
SB 71
designate Juneteenth as a working holiday. Against party
Nay
Failed
31–36
Mar 2, 2021
HCR 6014
To acknowledge and honor the Native American children who were survivors of the boarding schools in this state.
Yea
Passed
52–17
Mar 2, 2021
SB 124
provide protections for the exercise of religious freedom.
Yea
Passed
64–3
Mar 2, 2021
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