South Dakota Republican Upper chamber District 28

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1947

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4

Bills sponsored

this session · 107 all-time

0

Bills co-sponsored

this session · 0 all-time

0

Enacted into law

this session · 25 all-time

3222

Recorded votes

98%

Vote participation

voted in 98% of 3222 recorded votes

Voting scorecard

71 session · computed from recorded roll-call votes

Party unity

87%

based on 401 votes

Votes with own party's majority

Independence

13%

based on 401 votes

Votes against own party's majority

Participation

99.8%

based on 401 votes

Roll calls where a yes/no was cast

Sponsored (introduced)

107 bills
Current session 4 bills
Historical 103 bills

Voting record

Current session 1 vote
Bill Vote Result Date
SB 39 revise provisions relating to industrial hemp.

Do Pass

Yea pass January 23, 2026
Historical 49 votes
Bill Vote Result Date
SB 172 make an appropriation for costs related to disasters in the state and to declare an emergency.

Do Pass - 2019

Not Voting pass March 13, 2019
SB 181 provide for the transfer of funds from the budget reserve fund and to declare an emergency.

Conference Committee Report adopted - 2019

Not Voting pass March 13, 2019
SB 191 appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and for common schools.

Do Pass - 2019

Not Voting pass March 13, 2019
SB 180 revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2019.

Do Pass - 2019

Not Voting pass March 13, 2019
SB 178 make an appropriation to the Department of Game, Fish and Parks to fund certain improvements to Palisades State Park and to declare an emergency.

Conference Committee Report adopted - 2019

Nay pass March 12, 2019
SB 123 provide for the adoption of privacy protection policies.

Conference Committee Report adopted - 2019

Yea pass March 12, 2019
HB 1265 revise provisions regarding certain tax rates.

Conference Committee report not adopted, no committee appointed - 2019

Yea pass March 12, 2019
SB 128 make an appropriation to the gaming commission fund, to provide for the transfer of funds to the special racing revolving fund and the South Dakota-bred racing fund, and to declare an emergency.

Conference Committee report not adopted, appoint Conference Committee - 2019

Yea pass March 12, 2019
SB 8 provide for a statewide resource information system.

Conference Committee Report adopted - 2019

Nay pass March 12, 2019
HB 1171 allow certain veterans to attend courses offered at postsecondary technical institutes without payment of tuition.

Conference Committee Report adopted - 2019

Yea pass March 12, 2019
SB 128 make an appropriation to the gaming commission fund, to provide for the transfer of funds to the special racing revolving fund and the South Dakota-bred racing fund, and to declare an emergency.

Conference Committee Report adopted - 2019

Yea pass March 12, 2019
HB 1209 revise certain provisions regarding vapor products.

Concurred in amendments - 2019

Nay pass March 12, 2019
HB 1087 promote free speech and intellectual diversity at certain institutions of higher education.

Concurred in amendments - 2019

Yea pass March 12, 2019
SB 146 revise certain provisions regarding licenses for speech-language pathology services.

Conference Committee Report adopted - 2019

Yea pass March 12, 2019
HB 1191 legalize the growth, production, and processing of industrial hemp and derivative products in the state.

Veto override - 2019

Yea pass March 12, 2019
SB 176 make an appropriation for the second century habitat fund.

Conference Committee Report adopted - 2019

Nay pass March 12, 2019
HB 1177 provide an opportunity to view a sonogram and hear the child's heartbeat prior to an abortion.

Concurred in amendments - 2019

Yea pass March 12, 2019
HB 1250 revise certain provisions regarding professional counselors and marriage and family therapists.

Conference Committee Report adopted - 2019

Nay pass March 12, 2019
HB 1186 repeal the termination of the juvenile detention cost-sharing fund.

Concurred in amendments - 2019

Yea pass March 11, 2019
HB 1191 legalize the growth, production, and processing of industrial hemp and derivative products in the state.

Concurred in amendments - 2019

Yea pass March 11, 2019
HB 1250 revise certain provisions regarding professional counselors and marriage and family therapists.

Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee - 2019

Nay pass March 11, 2019
HB 1099 provide for the designation of a caregiver to receive information regarding residents of treatment facilities.

Concurred in amendments - 2019

Yea pass March 11, 2019
HB 1171 allow certain veterans to attend courses offered at postsecondary technical institutes without payment of tuition.

Reconsidered - 2019

Nay pass March 07, 2019
SB 52 require a survey to determine the adequacy of civics and history instruction in accredited schools.

Do Pass Amended - 2019

Yea fail March 07, 2019
SB 176 make an appropriation for the second century habitat fund.

Do Pass Amended - 2019

Nay pass March 07, 2019
SB 136 provide for the utilization of telehealth by a health care professional.

Do Pass Amended - 2019SB 136, SB 137

Yea pass March 07, 2019
SB 137 provide for the payment of claims for covered services provided by a health care professional via telehealth.

Do Pass Amended - 2019SB 136, SB 137

Yea pass March 07, 2019
SB 188 revise certain provisions regarding state tests.

Do Pass Amended - 2019

Nay fail March 07, 2019
HB 1171 allow certain veterans to attend courses offered at postsecondary technical institutes without payment of tuition.

Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee - 2019

Yea pass March 07, 2019
SB 190 promote pipeline construction and fiscal responsibility by establishing a fund, to authorize a special fee for extraordinary expenses, to make a continuous appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency.

Do Pass - 2019

Yea pass March 07, 2019
SCR 13 Recognizing the "Know Before You Fly" campaign as an official source of safety education for operators of unmanned aircraft systems and instructing the Department of Public Safety to educate the public about the campaign.

Concurred in Resolution - 2019

Yea pass March 07, 2019
SB 146 revise certain provisions regarding licenses for speech-language pathology services.

Do Pass Amended - 2019

Yea pass March 07, 2019
SB 176 make an appropriation for the second century habitat fund.

Reconsidered - 2019

Nay pass March 07, 2019
SB 181 provide for the transfer of funds from the budget reserve fund and to declare an emergency.

Do Pass Amended - 2019

Nay pass March 07, 2019
HB 1110 establish a penalty for certain persons who fail to file a birth certificate or who fail to provide the notice required for the filing of a death certificate.

Concurred in amendments - 2019

Yea pass March 07, 2019
SB 15 define solar energy facilities, establish certain provisions regarding solar energy permits, and revise the procedures by which the Public Utilities Commission processes facility permits.

Do Pass Amended - 2019

Yea pass March 07, 2019
HB 1171 allow certain veterans to attend courses offered at postsecondary technical institutes without payment of tuition.

Concurred in amendments - 2019

Yea pass March 07, 2019
SB 116 create the Dakota promise fund, provide Dakota promise grants, and to make an appropriation.

Do Pass Amended - 2019

Nay pass March 07, 2019
SB 176 make an appropriation for the second century habitat fund.

Motion to amend - 2019

Yea pass March 07, 2019
SB 118 establish certain provisions regarding advance care planning.

Do Pass Amended - 2019

Nay pass March 07, 2019
SB 116 create the Dakota promise fund, provide Dakota promise grants, and to make an appropriation.

Reconsidered - 2019

Nay fail March 07, 2019
SB 86 revise provisions regarding certain tax rates.

Tabled - 2019

Nay pass March 07, 2019
SB 164 establish procedures for the investigation of certain missing and murdered indigenous persons.

Do Pass Amended - 2019

Yea pass March 07, 2019
SB 179 revise the property tax levies for the general fund of school districts and to revise the state aid to education formula.

Do Pass Amended - 2019

Yea pass March 07, 2019
HR 1004 Petitioning Congress and the President to immediately defund Planned Parenthood of all federal funding; strongly condemning the recent unrestrictive abortion law passed in New York; and, expressing South Dakotans' continued resolve to secure the blessings of life and liberty for our posterity.

Adopt Resolution as amended - 2019

Yea pass March 07, 2019
SB 182 revise the special education property tax levy for school districts and to revise the state aid to special education formula.

Do Pass - 2019

Yea pass March 07, 2019
SB 167 establish a legislative study to study offenses regarding controlled substances.

Do Pass Amended - 2019

Nay pass March 07, 2019
SB 188 revise certain provisions regarding state tests.

Do Pass Amended - 2019

Yea pass March 06, 2019
HB 1055 require parental notification and agreement before the institution of an order to withhold resuscitation from certain patients.

Concurred in amendments - 2019

Yea pass March 06, 2019