Total votes
1,572
all sessions
Attendance
100%
1 missed
Higher than 80% of chamber peers
With party
79%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
13%
some cross-party votes
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
131
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
7
assignments
1,572 roll-call votes
Voting record
Breaks with party 20% of the time
Yea
1,217
voted in favor
Nay
348
voted against
Absent
1
missed votes
Total cast
1,572
across all sessions
Crossed party
312
votes against own party
This page
1,572
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1123
authorize school boards to modify the length of terms for members to allow for holding joint elections.
Yea
Passed
13–0
Feb 7, 2023
HB 1210
modify the use of conservation district special revenue fund monies and to provide an appropriation therefor.
Yea
Passed
13–0
Feb 7, 2023
HB 1165
modify certain provisions pertaining to absentee voting. Against party
Nay
Passed
57–11
Feb 7, 2023
HB 1147
provide for the organization of townships or fractions of townships.
Yea
Passed
13–0
Feb 7, 2023
SB 82
establish the stronger families scholarship program for children in foster care, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
10–1
Feb 7, 2023
HB 1186
require restitution for landowners following an unauthorized entry to hunt, fish, or trap.
Yea
Passed
8–5
Feb 7, 2023
SCR 601
Encouraging the Executive Board of the Legislature to authorize and form an interim legislative committee on nuclear power in South Dakota.
Yea
Passed
63–5
Feb 7, 2023
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