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
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1,572
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1140
require the secretary of state to determine if a legislatively proposed constitutional amendment complies with the single subject requirement and is not a constitutional revision.
Yea
Passed
67–1
Feb 6, 2023
HB 1174
provide for appropriate civil commitment of certain persons. Against party
Nay
Passed
55–13
Feb 6, 2023
SB 13
authorize the construction of an addition to the BG Dean Mann Readiness Center in Sioux Falls, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
68–0
Feb 6, 2023
HB 1124
modify provisions pertaining to the testing of automatic tabulating equipment.
Yea
Passed
68–0
Feb 6, 2023
SB 12
authorize the construction of a National Guard vehicle maintenance shop in Watertown, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
68–0
Feb 6, 2023
SB 37
revise provisions pertaining to the South Dakota School for the Deaf.
Yea
Passed
67–1
Feb 6, 2023
HB 1175
update references to the Governor, lieutenant governor, and other persons.
Yea
Passed
64–4
Feb 6, 2023
SB 14
revise the legal description for the construction of a National Guard Readiness Center in Sioux Falls, make an additional appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
67–1
Feb 6, 2023
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