For additional roll call votes on South Dakota SB161 please see the Vote List

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Bill Title: Establish a maximum school administrator salary.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-07 - Senate Do Pass, Failed, YEAS 13, NAYS 22. S.J. 211 [SB161 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

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Vote: Do Pass

Vote	Tally	Democrat	Republican
Yea	13	1	12
Nay	22	2	20
Not Voting	-	-	-
Absent	-	-	-
TOTAL	35	3	32

Result: Failed

Name	Yea	Nay	NV	Absent	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Sen. Beal, Arch [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Blanc, Greg [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Carley, John [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Crabtree, Casey [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Davis, Sydney [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Deibert, Randy [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Duhamel, Helene M. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Foster, Red Dawn [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Grove, Tamara [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Hohn, Joy [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Howard, Taffy [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Hulse, Amber [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Jensen, Kevin D. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Karr, Chris [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Kolbeck, Steve [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Lapka, Mark [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Larson, Elizabeth "Liz" [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	N/A
Sen. Lucas-Peterson, Sue K. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Marty, Sam [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Mehlhaff, Jim [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Miskimins, Paul R. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Nelson, Lauren [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Otten Jr., Ernie [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Perry, Carl E. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Pischke, Tom [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Reed, Tim [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Rohl, Michael H. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Sauder, Stephanie [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Schoenfish, Kyle [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Smith, Jamie [D]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Vilhauer, Glen [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Voight, Curt [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Voita, Mykala [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Wheeler, David [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Sen. Zikmund, Larry P. [R]					FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart