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Chris Karr
SD Senate District 11
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Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
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| SD Senate District 11 current
South Dakota |
Republican | Jan 14, 2025 | — | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
| SD Senate District 11
South Dakota |
Republican | Jan 10, 2017 | Jan 13, 2025 | openstates/people CC0-1.0 |
Roll-call votes (413 recorded)
| Bill | Motion / question | Position | Chamber · stage · roll | Date | Outcome | Source |
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SB 11
increase reinstatement fees and abstract driver record fees.
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Do Pass | Not voting | upper · stage not recorded · roll 3ade22d4-08bd-4cb5-aed4-2a6910d2e09b | Jan 20, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/3ade22d4-08bd-4cb5-aed4-2a6910d2e09b CC0-1.0 |
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SB 64
revise and repeal provisions related to the athletic commission.
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Do Pass | Not voting | upper · stage not recorded · roll 10160ffe-516c-4037-bb18-1eb07af62953 | Jan 20, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/10160ffe-516c-4037-bb18-1eb07af62953 CC0-1.0 |
| Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll d63f0f7c-9aff-4fe4-9088-a2ed1670ee75 | Jan 15, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/d63f0f7c-9aff-4fe4-9088-a2ed1670ee75 CC0-1.0 | |
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SB 5
require the disclosure of whether a ballot question was proposed by initiative or by the…
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Do Pass | Not voting | upper · stage not recorded · roll ac00556d-c1af-4502-8ace-ed78c03cb4e4 | Jan 20, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/ac00556d-c1af-4502-8ace-ed78c03cb4e4 CC0-1.0 |
| Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 12e40535-f7bf-4146-9759-2ec9c357c8a7 | Jan 16, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/12e40535-f7bf-4146-9759-2ec9c357c8a7 CC0-1.0 | |
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SB 41
revise a provision related to criminal invasions of privacy, prohibit the creation and distribution…
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 27d0548e-5db8-4dc8-a364-7a5c9785ad81 | Jan 16, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/27d0548e-5db8-4dc8-a364-7a5c9785ad81 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 40
revise the compliance requirements for limitations on foreign ownership of agricultural land.
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 0c632c5a-85b9-4209-b051-802dd8f02a3d | Jan 16, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/0c632c5a-85b9-4209-b051-802dd8f02a3d CC0-1.0 |
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SB 57
clarify when agency financial resource information must be filed in the permanent administrative…
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Do Pass Amended | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 4d000775-2b49-489f-9ce0-72dbcc4d9a8c | Jan 16, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/4d000775-2b49-489f-9ce0-72dbcc4d9a8c CC0-1.0 |
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SB 56
require that agencies promulgating permanent rules publish the rules and associated rulemaking…
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Do Pass | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 08829654-fb4d-413e-ac91-c1d30d71d1e6 | Jan 16, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/08829654-fb4d-413e-ac91-c1d30d71d1e6 CC0-1.0 |
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SB 1
amend the process by which moneys are distributed from the employer's investment in South Dakota's…
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Do Pass Amended | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll c66ada5a-1ad1-4c6d-bc83-2cbc98bb6be6 | Jan 16, 2026 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/c66ada5a-1ad1-4c6d-bc83-2cbc98bb6be6 CC0-1.0 |
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SR 701
recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
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Adopt Resolution as amended | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 7e336d1f-8bd5-4718-9abf-84345b5024bc | Jan 15, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/7e336d1f-8bd5-4718-9abf-84345b5024bc CC0-1.0 |
| Motion to amend | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll a87ba9ac-d797-4f07-9514-f1b2da358bc6 | Jan 15, 2026 | pass | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/a87ba9ac-d797-4f07-9514-f1b2da358bc6 CC0-1.0 | |
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SCR 601
encouraging honest economic development rooted in the republican principles of limited government…
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Adopt Resolution | Yea | upper · stage not recorded · roll 84eb460b-d1ed-40f8-9fc0-903782ebbbd2 | Jan 15, 2026 | fail | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/84eb460b-d1ed-40f8-9fc0-903782ebbbd2 CC0-1.0 |
Sponsored legislation (15 as lead sponsor)
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SJR 508
SD · —
proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election, amendments to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, removing the lieutenant…
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SB 199
SD · —
establish a new fund to provide property tax relief.
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SB 198
SD · —
restrict the use of a cell phone by a student during the school day.
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SB 1
SD · —
amend the process by which moneys are distributed from the employer's investment in South Dakota's future fund.
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SB 15
SD · —
create the Developmental Disability Service Delivery Committee.
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HB 1103
SD · —
require that annual withdrawal of groundwater from any groundwater source may not exceed the annual recharge of water to the groundwater source.
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SB 222
SD · —
make an appropriation for eligible water, wastewater, storm water, and riparian buffer initiative projects and to declare an emergency.
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SB 228
SD · —
modify provisions for a tax increment financing district.
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SB 221
SD · —
regulate the retail sale of nicotine products, and to provide a penalty therefor.
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SCR 603
SD · —
supporting the secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture in establishing a working group of nutrition experts to determine national standards…
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