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

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 18

allow the secretary of state to share information from the statewide voter registration file.

Yea

Passed

56–12

Feb 26, 2024

HB 1065

make an appropriation for the design and construction of a multi-use building on the grounds of the State Fair and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

57–12

Feb 26, 2024

SB 50

make an appropriation for the site preparation and construction of a prison facility for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections in Rapid City, to transfer moneys to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

62–7

Feb 26, 2024

SB 115

prevent a county, township, or municipality from authorizing a guaranteed income program.

Yea

Passed

64–5

Feb 26, 2024

SB 98

establish the admissibility of evidence of similar crimes in child molestation cases. Against party

Nay

Passed

44–25

Feb 26, 2024

HB 1064

make an appropriation for increases in the construction costs of infrastructure at Lake Alvin and Newell Lake, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

65–4

Feb 26, 2024

HB 1093

make an appropriation to provide a grant for the construction of a facility to provide certain health facilities and services.

Yea

Passed

68–1

Feb 26, 2024

SB 204

make an appropriation for a grant to the Douglas school district for the construction costs of a new school.

Yea

Passed

11–7

Feb 23, 2024

HB 1089

exclude certain crimes from presumptive probation.

Yea

Passed

66–0

Feb 23, 2024

SB 70

make an appropriation for the replacement of the Richmond Lake dam and spillway, for the general maintenance and repair of other state-owned dams, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

18–0

Feb 23, 2024