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R South Dakota Senate · District 6 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Ernie Otten

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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 209
make an appropriation for grants to assisted living centers and nursing facilities for costs related to telemedicine.
Yea
Passed
18–0
Feb 23, 2024
HB 1184
require the Department of Social Services and the Department of Education to apply for and administer the summer electronic benefit transfer for children program and to make an appropriation therefor.
Nay
Failed
5–12
Feb 23, 2024
SB 45
make an appropriation for the establishment of a Center for Quantum Information Science and Technology and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
18–0
Feb 23, 2024
SB 111
revise requirements for mining and mineral exploration.
Yea
Passed
61–3
Feb 23, 2024
SB 83
make an appropriation for the revised construction costs of maintenance shops for the Wildland Fire Suppression Division and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
16–1
Feb 23, 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
18–0
Feb 23, 2024
HB 1076
require the consideration of the definition of antisemitism when investigating unfair or discriminatory practices.
Yea
Passed
49–17
Feb 23, 2024
HB 1235
make an appropriation of State Fiscal Recovery Fund moneys for eligible water quality projects.
Yea
Passed
11–7
Feb 23, 2024
SB 67
provide for the sale of certain real estate located in Hughes County and to provide for the deposit of the proceeds into a continuously appropriated fund.
Yea
Passed
18–0
Feb 23, 2024
SB 31
create the indigent legal services fund, to provide ongoing revenue therefor, and to make an appropriation therefor. Against party
Nay
Passed
10–7
Feb 22, 2024
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