Matt Roby

SD House District 5

Republican South Dakota since Jan 14, 2025

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Issue areas

Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags

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
SB 237 — require that counties provide written notice to township supervisors of conditional use applications and appeals.	Yea	Feb 26, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1262 — make an appropriation for a non-residential, school-based, therapeutic services facility in Brown County and to declare an emergency.	Yea	Feb 26, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 89 — create a task force to study the provision of emergency medical services as an essential service and the funding thereof.	Yea	Feb 26, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1048 — make an appropriation for the expansion of broadband infrastructure and to declare an emergency.	Yea	Feb 26, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 100 — revise provisions related to trusts.	Yea	Feb 26, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 81 — clarify the prohibition on injuring or harassing a service animal.	Yea	Feb 26, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 32 — amend and repeal provisions pertaining to the ballot requirements for certain elections and to declare an emergency.	Yea	Feb 26, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 236 — create the county and township infrastructure fund for the accounting, safekeeping, and allocation of unobligated rural access…	Yea	Feb 26, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 223 — modify the requirements for a petition to refer an excess tax levy of a school district to a vote.	Nay	Feb 26, 2026	fail	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 88 — clarify the procedure for a potential condemnor to examine real property absent the property owner's permission.	Yea	Feb 26, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 101 — amend provisions pertaining to the duties of presidential electors.	Yea	Feb 26, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1244 — repeal the special donations fund and make an appropriation to the Department of Education for the provision of a grant to support the Jobs…	Yea	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 81 — clarify the prohibition on injuring or harassing a service animal.	Yea	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SCR 605 — recognizing the significance of the monarch butterfly and encouraging cooperative, voluntary conservation efforts in South Dakota.	Yea	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SCR 606 — encouraging the review and approval of water rights applications and future use reservations from the Missouri River.	Yea	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SCR 608 — urging collaboration to reduce hunger and food waste in this state under the protections of the 1996 Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food…	Yea	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 113 — increase the penalty for preventing practice of religion.	Yea	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 21 — modify tax refunds for elderly persons and persons with a disability.	Yea	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 100 — revise provisions related to trusts.	Yea	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 82 — prohibit the misrepresentation of an animal as a service animal and to provide a penalty therefor.	Yea	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 111 — require that social media companies provide collected personal data of a user at the user's request and maintain transparent…	Yea	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 114 — provide for the publication of ballot images and the cast vote record of automatic tabulating equipment.	Yea	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SCR 607 — supporting congressional authorization for, and federal participation in, major rural water supply projects identified by the South Dakota…	Yea	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SB 14 — modify provisions related to the practice of pharmacy.	Yea	Feb 25, 2026	pass	Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
HB 1257 — amend the definition of an abortion.	Yea	Feb 24, 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)