Sen. Ernie Otten
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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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 202
create the water infrastructure development fund. Against party
Nay
Passed
21–12
Feb 21, 2025
SB 198
establish conditions a prospective condemnor must satisfy before commencing condemnation proceedings. Against party
Nay
Passed
17–16
Feb 21, 2025
HB 1114
make an appropriation for the purchasing of equipment to support the South Dakota Board of Technical Education.
Yea
Passed
12–4
Feb 21, 2025
SB 172
provide a rebuttable presumption in favor of joint physical custody of a minor child. Against party
Nay
Passed
20–13
Feb 21, 2025
HCR 6002
Urging the United States Congress and the President of the United States to remove the requirement of a project labor agreement for federal construction projects.
Yea
Passed
31–2
Feb 21, 2025
HB 1025
authorize the Department of Corrections to construct a prison facility for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections in Lincoln County, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer moneys to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
18–0
Feb 20, 2025
SB 155
reduce the amount of net receipts of unclaimed property deposited into the general fund.
Yea
Passed
35–0
Feb 20, 2025
SJR 505
Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, establishing the trust for unclaimed property fund.
Yea
Passed
35–0
Feb 20, 2025
SB 126
establish the manner of determining payments for the child care assistance program.
Yea
Passed
5–3
Feb 20, 2025
SB 70
modify the maximum sparsity benefit a sparse school district is eligible to receive. Against party
Nay
Passed
5–3
Feb 20, 2025
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