R South Dakota Senate · District 6 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Ernie Otten

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Session

Total votes

2,195

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 86% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

1,722

voted in favor

Nay

320

voted against

Absent

135

missed votes

Total cast

2,195

across all sessions

Crossed party

209

votes against own party

This page

2,195

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

HB 1313

require education in prenatal human growth and development.

Yea

Passed

31–3

Mar 3, 2026

HB 1199

address prior authorization and reporting requirements by utilization review organizations and health carriers.

Yea

Passed

34–0

Mar 3, 2026

SB 89

create a task force to study the provision of emergency medical services as an essential service and the funding thereof.

Absent

Passed

29–4

Mar 3, 2026

HB 1066

revise a provision related to theft by a contractor, subcontractor, or supplier.

Yea

Passed

31–3

Mar 3, 2026

HB 1254

exempt any soil amendment used exclusively for agricultural purposes from sales tax. Against party

Nay

Passed

28–6

Mar 3, 2026

SB 79

make an appropriation to the South Dakota Board of Technical Education to construct an advanced manufacturing laboratory space and classrooms on the campus of Southeast Technical College and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

29–4

Mar 2, 2026

SB 37

make appropriations for water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

32–1

Mar 2, 2026

HB 1027

update certain citations to federal regulations regarding pipeline safety inspections.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 2, 2026

SB 136

make an appropriation for grants to support the purchase of personal protective equipment by volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

33–0

Mar 2, 2026

SB 220

authorize a comprehensive study of juvenile correctional and residential facilities, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

25–8

Mar 2, 2026