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

SB 31

revise amounts for inspection fees for electrical installations.

Yea

Passed

27–8

Feb 12, 2025

SB 27

revise provisions relating to licensing fees for cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology.

Yea

Passed

31–4

Feb 12, 2025

SB 24

revise provisions relating to the promulgation of rules to set licensing and inspection fees for plumbers and related professions.

Yea

Passed

25–10

Feb 12, 2025

HB 1047

make an appropriation to reimburse health care professionals who have complied with the requirements for rural recruitment assistance programs, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

34–0

Feb 11, 2025

SB 129

modify renewal fee requirements for an on-sale liquor licensee whose business premises have been annexed into a municipality of the first class.

Yea

Passed

34–0

Feb 11, 2025

SB 27

revise provisions relating to licensing fees for cosmetology, esthetics, and nail technology.

Yea

Passed

20–14

Feb 11, 2025

SB 143

modify the composition and staffing requirements of the South Dakota-Ireland Trade Commission.

Yea

Passed

34–0

Feb 11, 2025

HCR 6007

Recognizing emergency medical services personnel and supporting efforts to acknowledge emergency medical service as an essential public service.

Yea

Passed

34–0

Feb 11, 2025

HCR 6005

Encouraging the board of each school district in this state to develop and implement a policy that limits the use of cellular telephones and other electronic communication devices during instructional time. Against party

Nay

Passed

31–3

Feb 11, 2025

SB 92

require that the director of the Legislative Research Council and the secretary of state review an initiated measure and determine if the measure embraces more than one subject.

Yea

Passed

34–0

Feb 11, 2025