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Jeff Bathke
Republican · Representative

Jeff Bathke

Represents District 20 in the House of Representatives.

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Party-line votes
0
Not enough party-line votes to score.
Cast a vote
1%
Yea or Nay on 1 of 423 roll calls · House median 99%
Their bills that became law
—
No bills as a primary sponsor this session.
Roll calls on record
423
2026 Regular Session
Votes and bills updated Oct 6, 2026 from LegiScan (CC BY 4.0), which republishes the legislature’s own records. Profile details from OpenStates / Plural Policy. Figures cover 2026 Regular Session.

How Jeff Bathke votes

A party-line vote is a roll call where most voting Democrats and most voting Republicans took opposite sides. Absences and not-voting are never counted. Same method as our Congress pages.

Where Jeff Bathke sits in the House

Each dot is one member of the House, placed by how often they voted on the Democratic side of party-line votes. Jeff Bathke is circled.

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Times they broke with their party

0 of 0 party-line votes.

They voted with most Republicans on every party-line vote this session.

Closest votes they cast

Roll calls decided by the fewest votes, one per bill.

HB1088 · Remove the requirement that counties remit to municipalities an amount equal to the road levy for calendar years 1984, 1985, and 1986.
Nay
Do Pass · 2026-01-22 · Passed 12–1
Their session, month by month

Dark bars are roll calls they were recorded on each month; the red part is the ones without a Yea or Nay (422 in all). Gaps are months the chamber wasn’t voting.

2026-01: 84 roll calls, 83 without a Yea or Nay2026-02: 245 roll calls, 245 without a Yea or Nay2026-03: 94 roll calls, 94 without a Yea or NayJan 2026Mar 2026
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No bills with Jeff Bathke as a primary sponsor this session.
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HB1138 · 2026-03-30
Require the licensure of non-medical home care agencies, and to provide a penalty therefor. (Veto override)
Passed · 36-27
Absent
HB1077 · 2026-03-30
Consider a cultivated-protein food product to be adulterated food. (Veto override)
Failed · 32-32
Absent
SB121 · 2026-03-30
Transfer moneys and make an appropriation for the replacement of the Richmond Lake dam and spillway and to declare an emergency. (Conference Committee Report adopted)
Passed · 61-3
Absent
SB78 · 2026-03-12
Revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 52-15
Absent
HB1326 · 2026-03-12
Appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state institutions, interest on the public debt, and common schools. (Do Pass)
Passed · 50-17
Absent
HB1051 · 2026-03-12
Revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 66-1
Absent
HB1200 · 2026-03-11
Make an appropriation for victim services provided by nonprofit organizations. (Conference Committee Report adopted)
Passed · 58-8
Absent
SB74 · 2026-03-11
Transfer moneys to the general fund from the budget reserve fund and the general revenue replacement fund, and to declare an emergency. (Conference Committee Report adopted)
Passed · 64-2
Absent
HB1038 · 2026-03-10
Allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities. (Concurred in amendments)
Passed · 67-0
Absent
HB1320 · 2026-03-10
Revise a provision related to service of process for boards of county commissioners. (Concurred in amendments)
Passed · 64-3
Absent
HB1215 · 2026-03-10
Authorize counties and municipalities to issue a license for a cigar bar. (Concurred in amendments)
Passed · 63-4
Absent
HB1274 · 2026-03-10
Prohibit the dispensing, distribution, sale, or advertisement of certain articles or things for purposes of an unlawful abortion and provide a criminal and civil penalty therefor. (Concurred in amendments)
Passed · 61-6
Absent
HB1323 · 2026-03-10
Modify the requirements to refer an ordinance or resolution to the voters of a political subdivision. (Failed to concur, no committee appointed)
Passed · 40-27
Absent
HB1220 · 2026-03-10
Regulate the sale of nicotine products, and to provide a penalty therefor. (Concurred in amendments)
Passed · 60-7
Absent
SB74 · 2026-03-09
Transfer moneys to the general fund from the budget reserve fund and the general revenue replacement fund, and to declare an emergency. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 55-14
Absent
SB120 · 2026-03-09
Make an appropriation for the economic development of South Dakota. (Tabled)
Passed · 66-3
Absent
SB102 · 2026-03-09
Modify the distribution of gaming revenues. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 64-5
Absent
HB1209 · 2026-03-09
Require employment verification eligibility through the e-verify program and to provide a penalty therefor. (Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee)
Passed · 62-7
Absent
SB222 · 2026-03-09
Make an appropriation for eligible water, wastewater, storm water, and riparian buffer initiative projects and to declare an emergency. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 61-8
Absent
SB244 · 2026-03-09
Address issues facing South Dakota. (Tabled)
Passed · 66-3
Absent
SB221 · 2026-03-09
Regulate the retail sale of nicotine products, and to provide a penalty therefor. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 66-3
Absent
HB1200 · 2026-03-09
Make an appropriation for victim services provided by nonprofit organizations. (Failed to concur, appoint Conference Committee)
Passed · 59-10
Absent
SB119 · 2026-03-09
Create the capitol restoration fund and to transfer moneys thereto. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 52-17
Absent
SB121 · 2026-03-09
Transfer moneys and make an appropriation for the replacement of the Richmond Lake dam and spillway and to declare an emergency. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 66-3
Absent
SB219 · 2026-03-09
Require that a state agency consult with the Aeronautics Commission prior to purchasing, transferring, or disposing of a state owned and operated aircraft. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 67-2
Absent
SB106 · 2026-03-09
Modify the amount required to be set aside for extraordinary expenses incurred in providing special education programs. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 54-15
Absent
SB245 · 2026-03-09
Create the homeowner property tax reduction fund, and to transfer moneys to the homeowner property tax reduction fund. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 42-27
Absent
SB139 · 2026-03-05
Revise a provision related to the transportation of an inmate upon discharge from a correctional facility. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 65-2
Absent
SB137 · 2026-03-05
Establish procedures for anti-SLAPP actions to protect the exercise of a person's constitutional rights, including freedom of speech. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 65-2
Absent
SB219 · 2026-03-05
Require that a state agency consult with the Aeronautics Commission prior to purchasing, transferring, or disposing of a state owned and operated aircraft. (Do Pass)
Passed · 10-1
Absent
SB76 · 2026-03-05
Authorize loans from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund for airport infrastructure. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 43-24
Absent
SB171 · 2026-03-05
Amend provisions pertaining to the processing of absentee ballots and to declare an emergency. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 56-11
Absent
SB198 · 2026-03-05
Restrict the use of a cell phone by a student during the school day. (Do Pass Amended)
Failed · 28-39
Absent
SB96 · 2026-03-05
Authorize the imposition of a county option gross receipts tax to reduce owner-occupied property taxes. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 48-19
Absent
SB39 · 2026-03-05
Revise provisions relating to industrial hemp. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 55-12
Absent
SB159 · 2026-03-05
Revise requirements pertaining to the minimum age for marriage. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 40-27
Absent
SB135 · 2026-03-05
Protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 60-7
Absent
SB204 · 2026-03-05
Revise certain criteria for loans from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 42-25
Absent
SB107 · 2026-03-05
Add licensed and registered child care programs to the definition of community safety zone. (Do Pass)
Passed · 65-2
Absent
SB179 · 2026-03-05
Permit a court to commit a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for certain weapons offenses to the Department of Corrections. (Do Pass)
Passed · 42-25
Absent
SB124 · 2026-03-04
Temporarily prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of any product containing cell-cultured protein, and to provide a penalty therefor. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 63-4
Absent
SB175 · 2026-03-04
Require that an individual provide proof of citizenship when registering to vote and to declare an emergency. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 64-3
Absent
SB136 · 2026-03-04
Make an appropriation for grants to support the purchase of personal protective equipment by volunteer fire departments and to declare an emergency. (Do Pass)
Passed · 67-0
Absent
SB3 · 2026-03-04
Limit the types of residential improvements for which counties, municipalities, and townships may require a permit. (Conference Committee Report adopted)
Passed · 67-0
Absent
SB69 · 2026-03-04
Make an appropriation for the purchase of a new Division of Highway Patrol airplane and mission equipment and to declare an emergency. (Do Pass)
Passed · 49-18
Absent
SB198 · 2026-03-04
Restrict the use of a cell phone by a student during the school day. (Placed on calendar pursuant to JR 6F-6)
Passed · 50-17
Absent
SB37 · 2026-03-04
Make appropriations for water and environmental purposes and to declare an emergency. (Do Pass)
Passed · 66-1
Absent
SB44 · 2026-03-04
Establish investigative subpoena authority to gather business records in certain investigations. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 52-15
Absent
SB79 · 2026-03-04
Make an appropriation to the South Dakota Board of Technical Education to construct an advanced manufacturing laboratory space and classrooms on the campus of Southeast Technical College and to declare an emergency. (Do Pass)
Passed · 53-14
Absent
SB40 · 2026-03-04
Revise the compliance requirements for limitations on foreign ownership of agricultural land. (Do Pass)
Passed · 65-2
Absent
HB1194 · 2026-03-04
Clarify authority for the Cosmetology Commission to credit work experience for educational hours for certain out-of-state licensure applicants, and to require the commission to promulgate rules therefor. (Concurred in amendments)
Passed · 67-0
Absent
SB151 · 2026-03-04
Require the publication of the results of an election for precinct committeeman or committeewoman and to declare an emergency. (Do Pass)
Passed · 67-0
Absent
SB228 · 2026-03-04
Modify provisions for a tax increment financing district. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 67-0
Absent
HB1102 · 2026-03-04
Reschedule the date for filing certain annual reports. (Concurred in amendments)
Passed · 67-0
Absent
SB49 · 2026-03-04
Safeguard the integrity, privacy, and security of genetic data and provide a civil penalty therefor. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 65-2
Absent
SB220 · 2026-03-04
Authorize a comprehensive study of juvenile correctional and residential facilities, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. (Do Pass Amended)
Failed · 30-37
Absent
SB125 · 2026-03-04
Establish the homeowner tax reduction fund. (Tabled)
Passed · 64-3
Absent
SJR508 · 2026-03-04
Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election, amendments to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, removing the lieutenant governor as presiding officer of the Senate. (Do Pass)
Failed · 25-42
Absent
SB17 · 2026-03-03
Prohibit a candidate or political committee from accepting contributions or loans made by a foreign national, to provide a penalty therefor, and to declare an emergency. (Do Pass)
Passed · 66-0
Absent
SB98 · 2026-03-03
Prevent virtual currency kiosk fraud. (Do Pass Amended)
Passed · 59-7
Absent
Complete voting record from LegiScan (showing the 60 most recent of 423 total roll-call votes this session).
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