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 1259

prohibit unauthorized access to certain multi-occupancy rooms.

Yea

Passed

27–6

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1256

require the inclusion of certain information on a candidate's nominating petition or on a ballot question petition.

Yea

Passed

21–12

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1249

protect landowners from the use of deception, fraud, harassment, intimidation, misrepresentation, or threat, in acquiring easements or easement options.

Yea

Passed

17–16

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1242

limit the amount of money that a political action committee may accept from an authorized committee of a candidate for federal office.

Yea

Passed

25–8

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1169

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

Nay

Passed

19–15

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1239

revise certain provisions related to the restriction of access to obscene materials in a public library or public school library.

Yea

Passed

32–2

Mar 10, 2025

HJR 5003

Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, requiring that a constitutional amendment receive an affirmative vote of sixty percent of the votes cast before the measure is enacted.

Yea

Passed

29–4

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1165

provide a means by which an agricultural producer may request an automatic refund of an assessment on crops.

Nay

Failed

15–19

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1239

revise certain provisions related to the restriction of access to obscene materials in a public library or public school library. Bipartisan

Yea

Passed

18–16

Mar 10, 2025

HB 1208

designate an individual using the address of a mail forwarding service or post office box when applying to register as a voter or vote by absentee ballot as a federal voter.

Yea

Passed

25–9

Mar 10, 2025