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

HB 1046

revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025.

Yea

Passed

11–7

Mar 11, 2025

SB 55

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

Yea

Passed

16–1

Mar 11, 2025

SB 6

authorize a loan from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund to a school district adjoining a federal military installation for the construction or expansion of a school building.

Yea

Passed

32–2

Mar 11, 2025

SB 73

require that an individual registering as a voter when applying for a driver license be a resident of this state for the purposes of voting.

Yea

Passed

32–3

Mar 11, 2025

SB 14

revise and repeal provisions related to agricultural production facilities and to provide a penalty therefor.

Yea

Passed

34–0

Mar 11, 2025

SB 189

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

17–0

Mar 11, 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

18–0

Mar 11, 2025

SB 216

reduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze.

Yea

Passed

29–6

Mar 11, 2025

HB 1005

modify the requirement for payment of a private home study by the Department of Social Services.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1066

revise residency requirements for the purposes of voter registration.

Yea

Passed

23–11

Mar 10, 2025