Chris Karr
Republican · Senator · District 11
- 1,081
- Votes cast
- 85%
- Voted yes
- 8%
- Missed or skipped
- 11
- Bills written
How they voted
- Yestransfer moneys and make an appropriation for the replacement of the Richmond Lake dam and spillway and to declare an emergency.SB121 · Mar 30, 2026 · Passed
- Yesrevise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas.HB1051 · Mar 12, 2026 · Passed
- Yesrevise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026.SB78 · Mar 12, 2026 · 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 common schools.HB1326 · Mar 12, 2026 · Passed
- Yesmake an appropriation for victim services provided by nonprofit organizations.HB1200 · Mar 11, 2026 · Passed
- Nocreate the homeowner property tax reduction fund, and to transfer moneys to the homeowner property tax reduction fund.SB245 · Mar 11, 2026 · Passed
- Yesrequire employment verification eligibility through the e-verify program and to provide a penalty therefor.HB1209 · Mar 11, 2026 · Failed
- Norequire employment verification eligibility through the e-verify program and to provide a penalty therefor.HB1209 · Mar 11, 2026 · Failed
- Yestransfer moneys to the general fund from the budget reserve fund and the general revenue replacement fund, and to declare an emergency.SB74 · Mar 11, 2026 · Passed
- Yesprotect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.SB135 · Mar 10, 2026 · Passed
- Yescreate the capitol restoration fund and to transfer moneys thereto.SB119 · Mar 10, 2026 · Passed
- Nomodify the amount required to be set aside for extraordinary expenses incurred in providing special education programs.SB106 · Mar 10, 2026 · Passed
- Yesrevise provisions relating to industrial hemp.SB39 · Mar 10, 2026 · Passed
- Yesregulate the retail sale of nicotine products, and to provide a penalty therefor.SB221 · Mar 10, 2026 · Passed
- Yesamend provisions pertaining to the processing of absentee ballots and to declare an emergency.SB171 · Mar 10, 2026 · Passed
Bills they wrote
- protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.SB135 · Mar 30, 2026
- create the Developmental Disability Service Delivery Committee.SB15 · Mar 30, 2026
- authorize counties and municipalities to issue a license for a cigar bar.HB1215 · Mar 30, 2026
- make an appropriation for eligible water, wastewater, storm water, and riparian buffer initiative projects and to declare an emergency.SB222 · Mar 30, 2026
- regulate the retail sale of nicotine products, and to provide a penalty therefor.SB221 · Mar 30, 2026
- modify provisions for a tax increment financing district.SB228 · Mar 12, 2026
- modify the administration of the South Dakota-Ireland trade fund.SB197 · Mar 10, 2026
- restrict the use of a cell phone by a student during the school day.SB198 · Mar 5, 2026
- increase the income limits for a property tax assessment freeze.SB196 · Feb 24, 2026
- repeal the expiration of a reduction in certain gross receipts and use tax rates.SB195 · Feb 18, 2026
- supporting the secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture in establishing a working group of nutrition experts toSCR603 · Jan 29, 2026
Votes and bills: official South Dakota legislature records via the Delilah API.