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 1157

make an appropriation for the economic development of South Dakota.

Absent

Passed

48–13

Feb 8, 2024

HB 1156

make an appropriation to enhance the economic health of South Dakota.

Absent

Passed

50–11

Feb 8, 2024

HB 1186

define the requirements for granting a carbon pipeline easement.

Absent

Passed

39–22

Feb 8, 2024

HB 1198

revise the process for nominating candidates for the offices of lieutenant governor, attorney general, and secretary of state.

Nay

Failed

30–34

Feb 7, 2024

SB 14

expand authorization for the conditional taking of coyotes from snowmobiles.

Yea

Passed

62–2

Feb 7, 2024

HB 1194

clarify provisions pertaining to tax increment finance districts.

Yea

Passed

59–5

Feb 6, 2024

HB 1156

make an appropriation to enhance the economic health of South Dakota.

Yea

Passed

8–0

Feb 6, 2024

HB 1089

exclude certain crimes from presumptive probation.

Yea

Passed

64–0

Feb 6, 2024

SB 16

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

Yea

Passed

61–3

Feb 6, 2024

HB 1195

provide authority for a court to order offenders convicted of vehicular homicide to pay restitution to a victim's children until age eighteen.

Yea

Passed

64–0

Feb 6, 2024