TH
Taffy Howard
Republican · Representative · District 034
- 410
- Votes cast
- 81%
- Voted yes
- 3%
- Missed or skipped
- 14
- Bills written
How they voted
- NoAuthorize the Department of Corrections to purchase and exchange certain real property, to contract for the design of a prison facility, to construct a prison facility in Minnehaha County for offenders committed to the Department of Corrections, to make an appropriation therefor, to transfer moneys to the incarceration construction fund, and to declare an emergency.SB2 · Sep 23, 2025 · Passed
- YesModify the signature requirement for a petition to initiate a constitutional amendment.HB1169 · Mar 31, 2025 · Failed
- YesAppropriate 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.SB220 · Mar 13, 2025 · Passed
- YesRevise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025.HB1046 · Mar 13, 2025 · Passed
- YesRevise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.SB55 · Mar 13, 2025 · Passed
- YesAddress the imposition of firearm restrictions on certain employees, officers, volunteers, and other individuals.HB1218 · Mar 12, 2025 · Passed
- YesRevise the requirements for a petition to initiate a measure or constitutional amendment or to refer a law.SB91 · Mar 12, 2025 · Passed
- YesRequire an individual be a citizen of the United States before being eligible to vote and to provide a penalty therefor.SB68 · Mar 12, 2025 · Passed
- YesProvide protections for parental rights.SB113 · Mar 12, 2025 · Passed
- YesAuthorize a loan from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund to a school district adjoining a federal military installation for the construction or expansion of a school building.SB6 · Mar 11, 2025 · Passed
- YesAppropriate 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 for common schools.SB189 · Mar 11, 2025 · Passed
- YesRequire that an individual registering as a voter when applying for a driver license be a resident of this state for the purposes of voting.SB73 · Mar 11, 2025 · Passed
- YesRevise and repeal provisions related to agricultural production facilities and to provide a penalty therefor.SB14 · Mar 11, 2025 · Passed
- YesReduce the growth in the assessed value of owner-occupied property, limit increases in certain property tax revenues, revise provisions regarding school district excess tax levies, and revise eligibility requirements for a property tax assessment freeze.SB216 · Mar 11, 2025 · Passed
- YesRevise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2025.HB1046 · Mar 11, 2025 · Passed
Bills they wrote
- Require a report regarding refugee resettlement services.HB1106 · Mar 31, 2025
- Permit the operation of a Class I electric bicycle on the Mickelson Trail.SB79 · Mar 13, 2025
- Reduce the amount of net receipts of unclaimed property deposited into the general fund.SB155 · Mar 13, 2025
- Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, establishing the trust for unclaimed property fund.SJR505 · Mar 12, 2025
- Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, clarifying that an individual must be a citizen of the United States to be eligible to vote.SJR503 · Mar 12, 2025
- Create a share the road bicyclist safety emblem for use on an emblem specialty plate.HB1125 · Feb 25, 2025
- Enhance penalties for the violation of right-to-work statutes and to provide a penalty therefor.HB1166 · Feb 12, 2025
- Urging the United States Congress and the President of the United States to remove the requirement of a project labor agreement for federal construction projects.HCR6002 · Feb 12, 2025
- Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, limiting the assessed value of real property and limiting real property taxes.HJR5005 · Feb 5, 2025
- Distinguish between new construction and improvements to existing structures for purposes of calculating increases in revenue payable from property taxes.SB141 · Jan 30, 2025
- Reduce a maximum property tax mill levy on owner-occupied single-family dwellings for school district general funds, and to repeal certain sales tax exemptions.HB1138 · Jan 30, 2025
- Provide a tax credit to limit the taxes due on property over the previous year.SB101 · Jan 27, 2025
Votes and bills: official South Dakota legislature records via the Delilah API.