Matt Roby

SD House District 5

Republican South Dakota since Jan 14, 2025

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Issue areas

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Government Operations & Budget 28 Criminal Justice & Policing 12 Civil Rights & Liberties 7 Education 7 Healthcare 7 Social Services & Welfare 7 Economy & Taxes 4 Housing 4 Technology & Privacy 4 Transportation & Infrastructure 4 Banking & Finance 3 Elections & Voting 2 Environment & Energy 2 Labor & Employment 2 Other 2 Defense & Military 1 Gun Policy 1 Veterans Affairs 1

Offices & terms

Office	Party	From	To	Source
SD House District 5 current South Dakota	Republican	Jan 14, 2025	—	openstates/people CC0-1.0

Roll-call votes (425 recorded)

Vote	Position	Date	Result	Source
HB 1006 — create a taskforce to study the creation of Indian medicaid managed care entities in the state.	Yea	Feb 3, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 46 — modify the requirements for open meeting agendas and provide a penalty therefor.	Yea	Feb 3, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 48 — clarify that an official open meeting agenda must be posted online at least seventy-two hours before the scheduled start of the meeting.	Not voting	Feb 3, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 47 — revise the requirements for executive sessions and closed meetings.	Yea	Feb 3, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 9 — revise provisions regarding notices to the one-call notification center.	Yea	Feb 3, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1107 — modify restrictions on lands for certain public purposes.	Yea	Feb 2, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1124 — establish the crime of trespass upon a place of worship, provide a penalty therefor, and declare an emergency.	Not voting	Feb 2, 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	Feb 2, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1094 — clarify that consent for the donation of ovum or sperm must be explicit.	Nay	Feb 2, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1103 — require that annual withdrawal of groundwater from any groundwater source may not exceed the annual recharge of water to the groundwater…	Nay	Feb 2, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 22 — clarify when certification of values is transmitted to the county.	Yea	Feb 2, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1120 — revise certain provisions related to operating a vehicle, boat, or aircraft while under the influence.	Nay	Feb 2, 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	Feb 2, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1038 — allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities.	Yea	Feb 2, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1019 — revise provisions regarding pesticide laws.	Yea	Feb 2, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SCR 602 — celebrating the sister-state relationship with Taiwan.	Yea	Jan 29, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HJR 5002 — proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota…	Nay	Jan 29, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 56 — require that agencies promulgating permanent rules publish the rules and associated rulemaking forms on a state website.	Yea	Jan 29, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SCR 604 — urging the people of the state of South Dakota to seek the Lord Most High for His healing presence and mercy upon South Dakota.	Yea	Jan 29, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1130 — amend permissible uses of a school district's capital outlay fund.	Yea	Jan 29, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SCR 603 — supporting the secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture in establishing a working group of nutrition experts to determine…	Yea	Jan 29, 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 29, 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 29, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1064 — provide for the sale of producer-raised meat and meat food products directly to consumers pending legalization under federal law.	Nay	Jan 29, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 64 — revise and repeal provisions related to the athletic commission.	Yea	Jan 29, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0

Issue areas

Offices & terms

Roll-call votes (425 recorded)

Sponsored legislation (56 as lead sponsor)