Sen. Ernie Otten
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
HB 1192
enhance the penalty for rape of a child twelve years of age or under.
Yea
Passed
64–0
Feb 6, 2024
HB 1187
create a one-year career and technical education instructor educator permit.
Yea
Passed
64–0
Feb 6, 2024
HB 1197
require the publication of measures taken to restrict the access of obscene materials by minors.
Yea
Passed
64–0
Feb 6, 2024
SB 28
modify tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
64–0
Feb 6, 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.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Feb 6, 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.
Yea
Passed
7–2
Feb 6, 2024
HB 1200
increase the minimum fee required with an application for construction of an energy conversion and transmission facility.
Yea
Passed
63–1
Feb 6, 2024
HB 1157
make an appropriation for the economic development of South Dakota.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Feb 6, 2024
SB 79
revise provisions related to the possession, distribution, and manufacture of child pornography.
Yea
Passed
61–1
Feb 5, 2024
SB 57
create uniform procedures for consideration of criminal histories and convictions in professional or occupational licensure.
Yea
Passed
59–3
Feb 5, 2024
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