Helene Duhamel

SD Senate District 32

Republican South Dakota since Dec 3, 2019

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Issue areas

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Government Operations & Budget 8 Criminal Justice & Policing 5 Transportation & Infrastructure 5 Education 4 Environment & Energy 4 Defense & Military 2 Economy & Taxes 2 Housing 2 Civil Rights & Liberties 1 Foreign Policy & Trade 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
SD Senate District 32 current South Dakota	Republican	Dec 3, 2019	—	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (401 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
SB 9 — revise provisions regarding notices to the one-call notification center.	Yea	Jan 22, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 2 — provide that a firearm silencer is not a controlled weapon.	Yea	Jan 22, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 17 — prohibit a candidate or political committee from accepting contributions or loans made by a foreign national, to provide a penalty…	Yea	Jan 22, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 22 — clarify when certification of values is transmitted to the county.	Yea	Jan 21, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 24 — create a solid background license plate for South Dakota.	Yea	Jan 21, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 4 — revise procedures for returning and withholding security deposits for residential premises.	Yea	Jan 21, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 34 — amend provisions pertaining to conducting a municipal or school district election and to declare an emergency.	Yea	Jan 21, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 10 — revise a provision related to the adoption of federal motor carrier regulations.	Yea	Jan 21, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 38 — modify the annual fee imposed on certain concentrated animal feeding operations.	Yea	Jan 21, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 49 — safeguard the integrity, privacy, and security of genetic data and provide a civil penalty therefor.	Yea	Jan 20, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 8 — permit a school district to administer epinephrine using a nasal spray.	Yea	Jan 20, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 45 — revise a provision regulating delta-8 tetrahydrocannabinol, THC-O acetate, and hexahydrocannabinol for persons under the age of twenty-one…	Yea	Jan 20, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 44 — establish investigative subpoena authority to gather business records in certain investigations.	Yea	Jan 20, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 11 — increase reinstatement fees and abstract driver record fees.	Yea	Jan 20, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 64 — revise and repeal provisions related to the athletic commission.	Yea	Jan 20, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 5 — require the disclosure of whether a ballot question was proposed by initiative or by the Legislature.	Yea	Jan 20, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 41 — revise a provision related to criminal invasions of privacy, prohibit the creation and distribution of digitally fabricated material of an…	Yea	Jan 16, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 40 — revise the compliance requirements for limitations on foreign ownership of agricultural land.	Yea	Jan 16, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SR 701 — recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.	Yea	Jan 15, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 41 — revise a provision related to criminal invasions of privacy, prohibit the creation and distribution of digitally fabricated material of an…	Yea	Jan 15, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SR 701 — recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.	Nay	Jan 15, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 40 — revise the compliance requirements for limitations on foreign ownership of agricultural land.	Yea	Jan 15, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 43 — address search and seizure provisions applicable to digital currency.	Yea	Jan 15, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SCR 601 — encouraging honest economic development rooted in the republican principles of limited government, deregulation, and organic…	Nay	Jan 15, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 38 — modify the annual fee imposed on certain concentrated animal feeding operations.	Yea	Jan 15, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0

Issue areas

Offices & terms

Roll-call votes (401 recorded)

Sponsored legislation (64 as lead sponsor)