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Vote Smart provides easy access to congressional and state voting records and maintains a collection of key votes grouped by issue. Vote Smart uses the following criteria to select key votes:

  1. The vote should be helpful in portraying how a member stands on a particular issue
  2. The vote should be clear for any person to understand
  3. The vote has received media attention
  4. The vote was passed or defeated by a very close margin
  5. Occasionally, if a specific bill is consistently inquired about on the Voter's Research Hotline, the vote will be added

Vote Smart provides a summary of the version of the bill text associated with each selected key vote. Our summaries are written by Vote Smart's staff and interns, who adhere to our strict policies and procedures in order to guarantee absolute impartiality and accuracy. They do not necessarily reflect the content of the final version of the bill, but rather the version voted on in that stage. While many procedural votes take place before a full chamber vote, our voting stages reflect the final reading of each chamber vote. Each key vote selection is reviewed by the project's community of advisors, who are political scientists and journalists from all fifty states.

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Date State Bill No. Title Outcome
Feb. 19, 2020 SD HB 1169 Prohibits Use of Certain Electronic Devices While Driving Bill Passed - House (42 - 26)
Feb. 4, 2009 SD HB 1171 Exemptions from School District Minimum Size Requirements Bill Passed - House (36 - 34)
Feb. 18, 2009 SD HB 1171 Exemptions from School District Minimum Size Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 12)
Feb. 11, 2008 SD HB 1171 Hunting Mountain Lions Bill Failed - House (26 - 42)
Feb. 17, 2011 SD HB 1171 Fetus Protection Bill Bill Tabled - House (61 - 4)
March 8, 2022 SD HB 1174 Expands Regulations on Certain Car Parts Concurrence Vote Passed - House (67 - 3)
March 7, 2022 SD HB 1174 Expands Regulations on Certain Car Parts Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 1)
Feb. 6, 2007 SD HB 1175 Lethal Injection Reform Bill Passed - House (51 - 19)
Feb. 14, 2007 SD HB 1175 Lethal Injection Reform Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 7)
Feb. 24, 2020 SD HB 1175 Defines Dyslexia for Special Education and Other Related Services Bill Passed - House (58 - 10)
March 13, 2014 SD HB 1177 Prohibits Texting While Driving on a Highway Conference Report Adopted - House (52 - 18)
March 13, 2014 SD HB 1177 Prohibits Texting While Driving on a Highway Conference Report Adopted - Senate (28 - 7)
Feb. 17, 2010 SD HB 1178 Prohibiting Text Messaging While Driving Bill Failed - House (32 - 37)
March 1, 2016 SD HB 1182 Increases Sales Tax Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 10)
Feb. 22, 2016 SD HB 1182 Increases Sales Tax Bill Passed - House (47 - 21)
Feb. 6, 2006 SD HB 1184 Medical Treatments that Violate Medical Workers Principles Bill Failed - House (34 - 35)
March 7, 2024 SD HB 1185 Requires Individuals Pay $500 for Land Surveys Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 5)
Feb. 8, 2024 SD HB 1185 Requires Individuals Pay $500 for Land Surveys Bill Passed - House (47 - 17)
Feb. 6, 2014 SD HB 1185 Authorizes Certain Nonresidents to Obtain Waterfowl Hunting Licenses Bill Passed - House (36 - 32)
March 6, 2024 SD HB 1186 Prohibits Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Easement Agreements from Exceeding 50 Years Conference Report Adopted - Senate (24 - 10)
March 6, 2024 SD HB 1186 Prohibits Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Easement Agreements from Exceeding 50 Years Conference Report Adopted - House (41 - 29)
March 4, 2024 SD HB 1186 Prohibits Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Easement Agreements from Exceeding 50 Years Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 9)
Feb. 8, 2024 SD HB 1186 Prohibits Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Easement Agreements from Exceeding 50 Years Bill Passed - House (40 - 24)
March 4, 2020 SD HB 1189 Appropriates Funds to Expand Rural Access to Broadband Services Bill Passed - House (54 - 14)
March 12, 2019 SD HB 1191 Authorizes the Cultivation of Industrial Hemp Veto Override Failed - Senate (20 - 13)
Date No. Title Outcome
2/19 HB 1169 Prohibits Use of Certain Electronic Devices While Driving Bill Passed - House (42 - 26)
2/04 HB 1171 Exemptions from School District Minimum Size Requirements Bill Passed - House (36 - 34)
2/18 HB 1171 Exemptions from School District Minimum Size Requirements Bill Passed - Senate (20 - 12)
2/11 HB 1171 Hunting Mountain Lions Bill Failed - House (26 - 42)
2/17 HB 1171 Fetus Protection Bill Bill Tabled - House (61 - 4)
3/08 HB 1174 Expands Regulations on Certain Car Parts Concurrence Vote Passed - House (67 - 3)
3/07 HB 1174 Expands Regulations on Certain Car Parts Bill Passed - Senate (31 - 1)
2/06 HB 1175 Lethal Injection Reform Bill Passed - House (51 - 19)
2/14 HB 1175 Lethal Injection Reform Bill Passed - Senate (26 - 7)
2/24 HB 1175 Defines Dyslexia for Special Education and Other Related Services Bill Passed - House (58 - 10)
3/13 HB 1177 Prohibits Texting While Driving on a Highway Conference Report Adopted - House (52 - 18)
3/13 HB 1177 Prohibits Texting While Driving on a Highway Conference Report Adopted - Senate (28 - 7)
2/17 HB 1178 Prohibiting Text Messaging While Driving Bill Failed - House (32 - 37)
3/01 HB 1182 Increases Sales Tax Bill Passed - Senate (25 - 10)
2/22 HB 1182 Increases Sales Tax Bill Passed - House (47 - 21)
2/06 HB 1184 Medical Treatments that Violate Medical Workers Principles Bill Failed - House (34 - 35)
3/07 HB 1185 Requires Individuals Pay $500 for Land Surveys Bill Passed - Senate (29 - 5)
2/08 HB 1185 Requires Individuals Pay $500 for Land Surveys Bill Passed - House (47 - 17)
2/06 HB 1185 Authorizes Certain Nonresidents to Obtain Waterfowl Hunting Licenses Bill Passed - House (36 - 32)
3/06 HB 1186 Prohibits Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Easement Agreements from Exceeding 50 Years Conference Report Adopted - Senate (24 - 10)
3/06 HB 1186 Prohibits Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Easement Agreements from Exceeding 50 Years Conference Report Adopted - House (41 - 29)
3/04 HB 1186 Prohibits Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Easement Agreements from Exceeding 50 Years Bill Passed - Senate (24 - 9)
2/08 HB 1186 Prohibits Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Easement Agreements from Exceeding 50 Years Bill Passed - House (40 - 24)
3/04 HB 1189 Appropriates Funds to Expand Rural Access to Broadband Services Bill Passed - House (54 - 14)
3/12 HB 1191 Authorizes the Cultivation of Industrial Hemp Veto Override Failed - Senate (20 - 13)

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