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

SR 701

recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Jan 15, 2026

SB 2

authorize the Department of Corrections to purchase and exchange certain real property, to contract for the design of a prison facility, to construct a prison facility in Minnehaha County for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer moneys to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

24–11

Sep 23, 2025

HB 1169

modify the signature requirement for a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment. Against party

Nay

Failed

16–16

Mar 31, 2025

SB 55

revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.

Yea

Passed

33–2

Mar 13, 2025

HB 1046

revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025.

Yea

Passed

31–3

Mar 13, 2025

SB 220

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 common schools.

Yea

Passed

34–1

Mar 13, 2025

SB 113

provide protections for parental rights.

Yea

Passed

31–4

Mar 12, 2025

SB 68

require an individual be a citizen of the United States before being eligible to vote and to provide a penalty therefor.

Yea

Passed

32–2

Mar 12, 2025

HB 1218

address the imposition of firearm restrictions on certain employees, officers, volunteers, and other individuals.

Yea

Passed

32–3

Mar 12, 2025

SB 91

revise the requirements for a petition to initiate a measure or constitutional amendment or to refer a law.

Yea

Passed

32–3

Mar 12, 2025