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 10

require that a notification of medical cannabis certification be provided to a patient's primary or referring practitioner. Against party

Nay

Passed

47–19

Feb 22, 2024

HB 1206

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

Yea

Passed

15–0

Feb 22, 2024

SB 112

establish a non-resident title fee.

Yea

Passed

56–10

Feb 22, 2024

SB 15

require a convicted defendant to reimburse the cost of digital forensic examination fees.

Yea

Passed

66–0

Feb 22, 2024

SB 86

allow a municipality authorized to allow legal games of chance to issue additional off-sale liquor licenses to hotel-motel convention facilities.

Yea

Passed

54–12

Feb 22, 2024

SB 162

make an appropriation for the erection of the South Dakota Sioux Code Talker Memorial and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

16–1

Feb 22, 2024

SB 172

allow a person to temporarily take responsibility of a feral cat for the purpose of spaying or neutering the animal.

Yea

Passed

52–14

Feb 22, 2024

SB 9

further limit applications for clemency for violent crime offenders sentenced to life imprisonment.

Yea

Passed

61–5

Feb 22, 2024

HB 1201

make an appropriation for the teacher apprenticeship pathway program.

Yea

Passed

15–1

Feb 22, 2024

SB 85

revise a provision related to an action to quiet title to real property.

Yea

Passed

48–18

Feb 22, 2024