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 1204

establish a civil action for nonconsensual condom removal.

Nay

Failed

6–61

Feb 12, 2024

HB 1029

modify and repeal provisions related to the licensure of hearing aid dispensers and audiologists.

Yea

Passed

67–0

Feb 12, 2024

HB 1250

provide for the creation and use of South Dakota educational empowerment accounts.

Absent

Failed

21–40

Feb 8, 2024

SB 68

amend certain provisions pertaining to the South Dakota Retirement System to comply with federal law.

Absent

Passed

61–0

Feb 8, 2024

HB 1129

repeal the session law authorizing the Board of Regents to contract for the design and construction of a new dairy research and extension farm on the campus of South Dakota State University, and to declare an emergency.

Absent

Passed

47–14

Feb 8, 2024

HB 1203

clarify references to the court in a condemnation proceeding.

Absent

Passed

58–3

Feb 8, 2024

HB 1185

amend provisions regarding entry on private property for examination and survey of a project requiring a siting permit.

Absent

Passed

46–15

Feb 8, 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.

Absent

Passed

58–3

Feb 8, 2024

HB 1182

revise provisions pertaining to the observation of the conduct of an election.

Absent

Passed

52–9

Feb 8, 2024

SCR 605

Affirming the value of grassland ecosystems and the importance of farmers and ranchers as managers.

Absent

Passed

60–1

Feb 8, 2024