Senator • Republican

Ernie Otten

South Dakota • District SD-006

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Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

93% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 194

Not Voting: 1

Other: 165

Yea: 1256

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Ernie Otten

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Clarify the discovery procedures and powers and to modify the administration of the Government Operations and Audit Committee.

Reduce the amount of net receipts of unclaimed property deposited into the general fund.

Provide an exception for employers to acquire and distribute opioid antagonists that are available over the counter.

Void covenants that prohibit or restrict the possession or use of firearms and ammunition.

Permit the operation of a Class I electric bicycle on the Mickelson Trail.

Make an appropriation for developing the economic viability of South Dakota.

Make an appropriation to enhance the economic health of South Dakota.

Make an appropriation for the economic development of South Dakota.

Revise provisions pertaining to the compulsory age for school attendance.

Eliminate certain property taxes levied on owner-occupied single-family dwellings, and to increase certain gross receipts tax rates and use tax rates.

Require cost model reports for certain programs and institutions.

Clarify the enactment and effective date of a measure initiated or referred within a political subdivision.

Prohibit the adoption or implementation of certain policies related to immigration enforcement.

Require the creation of an informational video and other materials describing the state's abortion law and medical care for a pregnant woman experiencing life-threatening or health-threatening medical conditions.

Repeal the Midwestern Regional Higher Education Compact.

Revise unclaimed property provisions.

Reduce the notice requirement period to terminate a tenancy at will.

Increase the annual limit of tax credits that an insurance company may claim through the partners in education tax credit program.

Provide for the payment of legal expenses originating from crime committed at a facility maintained by the Department of Corrections.

Require the consideration of the definition of antisemitism when investigating unfair or discriminatory practices.

Revise a provision providing authority to the Governor to enter into agreements with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Modify certain requirements for eligibility to receive a gift of a museum collection from a county or municipality.

Establish educational standards for the expanded practice of optometry.

Expand permission on installing electric wiring in a residence.

Modify provisions pertaining to the appointment of vacant positions on a board or commission.

Require a convicted defendant to reimburse the cost of digital forensic examination fees.

Place restrictions on the ownership of agricultural land.

Repeal the session law authorizing the Board of Regents to contract for the design and construction of a new dairy research and extension farm on the campus of South Dakota State University, and to declare an emergency.

Enhance the penalty for accessory to first- or second-degree murder.

Revise a provision related to threatening law enforcement officers.

Create the indigent legal services fund, to provide ongoing revenue therefor, and to make an appropriation therefor.

Authorize transportation activities by air ambulance operators.

Keep interest earned on incarceration construction fund moneys in the same fund.

Designate Medal of Honor Recognition Day.

Authorize the payment of administrative expenses from habitat stamp sales.

Provide for the disbursement of the catastrophic county poor relief fund to the participating counties in the event of the discontinuance of the fund.

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