Representative • Republican

Taffy Howard

South Dakota • District SD-034

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Activity Summary

Bills Sponsored

Aggregate Impact (Sponsored Bills):

72% Positive

Voting Pattern

Nay: 180

Not Voting: 1

Other: 87

Yea: 651

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Sponsored Bills

SD HB1218•Passed

Address the imposition of firearm restrictions on certain employees, officers, volunteers, and other individuals.

Co-Sponsor

SD HB1106•Passed

Require a report regarding refugee resettlement services.

Primary Sponsor

SD HB1061•Passed

Prohibit a health care provider from restricting or denying a parent or guardian's access to certain medical records and other health information of a minor.

Co-Sponsor

SD SB75•Passed

Require an indication of United States citizenship status on a motor vehicle operator's license or permit, and on a nondriver identification card.

Co-Sponsor

SD SB68•Passed

Require an individual be a citizen of the United States before being eligible to vote and to provide a penalty therefor.

Co-Sponsor

SD SB6•Passed

Authorize 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.

Co-Sponsor

SD SB155•Passed

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

Primary Sponsor

SD SB145•Passed

Require legislative approval of real property leases that are necessary for the operation of state government and exceed specified durations or rental payments.

Co-Sponsor

SD HB1141•Passed

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

Co-Sponsor

SD SB79•Passed

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

Primary Sponsor

SD HB1068•Passed

Allow a student to wear certain military decorations at a school graduation ceremony and to declare an emergency.

Co-Sponsor

SD SB113•Enrolled

Provide protections for parental rights.

Co-Sponsor

SD SB191•Engrossed

Limit annual valuation increases on owner-occupied single-family dwellings and provide an exception for mill rate limitations on taxing districts.

Co-Sponsor

SD SB169•Engrossed

Require a public hearing prior to a vote to impose an excess tax levy.

Co-Sponsor

SD HB1204•Engrossed

Revise the subpoena powers of the Government Operations and Audit Committee.

Co-Sponsor

SD HB1052•Passed

Prohibit the exercise of eminent domain for a pipeline that carries carbon oxide.

Co-Sponsor

SD HB1063•Passed

Revise the provisions for preparing a fiscal note for ballot questions.

Co-Sponsor

SD HB1200•Engrossed

Permit merit pay as a component of teacher compensation.

Co-Sponsor

SD SB16•Introduced

Set aside certain contractor's excise tax collections relating to the Ellsworth Air Force Base, to create a fund for the collections, and to provide an appropriation therefor.

Primary Sponsor

SD HB1166•Engrossed

Enhance penalties for the violation of right-to-work statutes and to provide a penalty therefor.

Primary Sponsor

SD HB1053•Passed

Require age verification by websites containing material that is harmful to minors, and to provide a penalty therefor.

Co-Sponsor

SD HB1267•Introduced

Prohibit the use of paid petition circulators, and provide a penalty therefor.

Co-Sponsor

SD HB1228•Introduced

Require an environmental impact statement from applicants seeking a carbon dioxide transmission facility permit from the Public Utilities Commission of the State of South Dakota.

Co-Sponsor

SD HB1125•Passed

Create a share the road bicyclist safety emblem for use on an emblem specialty plate.

Primary Sponsor

SD HB1206•Introduced

Revise provisions on interim transfers and appropriations.

Co-Sponsor

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