SD House of Representatives will vote on SB 3, Adult Use Legalization, this week.
On 2/22, these reps said “NO” to Representing the Voters in their District by voting against HB1045 (31-36-3), a separate legalization bill.
Last week, politicians in South Dakota’s House of Representatives put their personal views ahead of the views of the voters who elected them.
-Review the vote here, along with how many voters supported Amendment A in each district
-75% (27) of the “No” votes were cast by representatives of districts that voted in favor of Amendment A.
Representatives who voted NO
and their
District’s % Yes on Amendment A:
District 2: Rep. Lana Greenfield and
Rep. Kaleb Weis 51.2%District 4: Rep. Fred Deutsch and
Rep. John Mills 51.6%District 5: Rep. Hugh Bartels and
Rep. Nancy York 52.3%District 8: Rep. Randy Gross 50.6%
District 9: Rep. Rhonda Milstead and
Rep. Bethany Soye 62.1%District 10: Rep. Doug Barthel and
Rep. Steven Haugaard 57.4%District 11: Rep. Chris Karr 59.7%
District 13: Rep. Sue Peterson 59.2%
District 16: Rep. David Anderson and
Rep. Kevin Jensen 59.2%District 17: Rep. Richard Vasgaard 56.5%
District 18: Rep. Mike Stevens 54.5%
District 19: Rep. Marty Overweg and
Rep. Kent Peterson 39.7%District 20: Rep. Paul Miskimins 47.1%
District 23: Rep. Spencer Gosch 38.5%
District 24: Rep. Will Mortenson 48.5%
District 25: Rep. Jon Hansen 53.2%
District 26B: Rep. Rebecca Reimer 49.2%
District 27: Rep. Liz May 59.9%
District 28B: Rep. Sam Marty 44.1%
District 29: Rep. Dean Wink 51.3%
District 30: Rep. Tim Goodwin and
Rep. Trish Ladner 49%District 31: Rep. Mary Fitzgerald and
Rep. Scott Odenbach 57.7%District 32: Rep. Chris Johnson 59.3%
District 33: Rep. Taffy Howard 59.2%
District 33: Rep. Phil Jensen 59.2%
District 35: Rep. Tina Mulally and
Rep. Tony Randolph 63.5%
-HB1045 simply would have established regulatory and taxation policies for legal cannabis (Adults 21+). However, it would have only taken effect if South Dakota voters approve the 2022 legalization ballot initiative this November.