R South Dakota Senate · District 6 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Ernie Otten

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Session

Total votes

2,195

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 86% of chamber peers

Voting record

Yea

1,722

voted in favor

Nay

320

voted against

Absent

135

missed votes

Total cast

2,195

across all sessions

Crossed party

209

votes against own party

This page

2,195

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 121

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

Yea

Passed

28–2

Mar 30, 2026

HB 1326

appropriate 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.

Yea

Passed

25–9

Mar 12, 2026

HB 1051

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

Yea

Passed

34–0

Mar 12, 2026

SB 78

revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026.

Yea

Passed

26–8

Mar 12, 2026

HB 1209

require employment verification eligibility through the e-verify program and to provide a penalty therefor. Bipartisan

Yea

Passed

18–15

Mar 11, 2026

HB 1200

make an appropriation for victim services provided by nonprofit organizations.

Yea

Passed

31–2

Mar 11, 2026

SB 245

create the homeowner property tax reduction fund, and to transfer moneys to the homeowner property tax reduction fund.

Yea

Passed

20–13

Mar 11, 2026

HB 1209

require employment verification eligibility through the e-verify program and to provide a penalty therefor.

Nay

Failed

15–19

Mar 11, 2026

HB 1139

appropriate 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.

Yea

Passed

18–0

Mar 11, 2026

SB 78

revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026.

Yea

Passed

13–5

Mar 11, 2026