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 1092

revise provisions regarding the 911 emergency surcharge.

Yea

Passed

59–10

Mar 5, 2024

HB 1245

revise provisions related to the custody of an alleged delinquent child before and after a temporary custody hearing.

Yea

Passed

68–1

Mar 5, 2024

HB 1244

provide a process to withdraw a signature from a petition for an initiated measure, constitutional amendment, or a referendum on a law in certain situations and to declare an emergency. Against party

Nay

Passed

60–9

Mar 5, 2024

HB 1257

require the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council to establish an interim study committee on minors' access to pornographic material.

Yea

Passed

63–6

Mar 5, 2024

SB 51

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

Yea

Passed

17–0

Mar 5, 2024

HB 1200

increase the minimum fee required with an application for construction of an energy conversion and transmission facility. Against party

Nay

Passed

65–4

Mar 5, 2024

SB 191

restrict the use of medical cannabis for individuals on probation or conditional release.

Yea

Passed

63–6

Mar 4, 2024

HB 1057

create the Commission on Indigent Legal Services and Office of Indigent Legal Services, to make an appropriation for reimbursing county indigent legal services, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

62–4

Mar 4, 2024

HB 1092

revise provisions regarding the 911 emergency surcharge.

Yea

Passed

66–0

Mar 4, 2024

SB 134

make an appropriation to create the healthy forest critical infrastructure relief and grant program and to declare an emergency. Against party

Nay

Passed

44–25

Mar 4, 2024