R South Dakota House · District 9 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Tesa Schwans

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Total votes

806

all sessions

Attendance

100%

of floor votes

Higher than 80% of chamber peers

With party

83%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

11%

some cross-party votes

Higher than 78% of chamber peers

About Rep. Tesa Schwans

Rep. serving South Dakota District 9. Member of the Republican party. Has been in office 1 year · 7 months. Serves on Commerce and Energy and Education.

Sworn in

Jan 14, 2025

1 year · 7 months

Closest ally

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How Tesa votes, broken down

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Budget & Taxes 63% / 37%

63 support · 37 oppose

Education 69% / 31%

57 support · 26 oppose

Veterans 67% / 33%

2 support · 1 oppose

Criminal Justice 76% / 24%

22 support · 7 oppose

Immigration 25% / 75%

1 support · 3 oppose

Labor & Employment 58% / 42%

11 support · 8 oppose

Healthcare 65% / 35%

22 support · 12 oppose

Housing 36% / 64%

4 support · 7 oppose

Technology 52% / 48%

11 support · 10 oppose

Transportation 52% / 48%

11 support · 10 oppose

Energy 14% / 86%

1 support · 6 oppose

Environment 75% / 25%

15 support · 5 oppose

Last activity

Recent legislative activity

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HB 1194clarify authority for the Cosmetology Commission to credit work experience for educational hours for certain out-of-state licensure applicants, and to require the commission to promulgate rules therefor. signed

5 months ago

Voted Nay

HB 1138require the licensure of non-medical home care agencies, and to provide a penalty therefor.

5 months ago

Voted Yea

HB 1077consider a cultivated-protein food product to be adulterated food.

5 months ago

SB 107add licensed and registered child care programs to the definition of community safety zone. signed

5 months ago

HB 1313require education in prenatal human growth and development. signed

5 months ago

Voted Yea

SB 121transfer moneys and make an appropriation for the replacement of the Richmond Lake dam and spillway and to declare an emergency.

5 months ago

HB 1140permit a court to impose as a condition of probation, or parole in certain circumstances, treatment at a nonprofit entity awarded an alternative care program grant. signed

5 months ago

HB 1077consider a cultivated-protein food product to be adulterated food. vetoed

5 months ago

Voted Nay

HB 1326appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and common schools.

6 months ago

Voted Yea

HB 1051revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.

6 months ago