Liz May
Representative·District 27Republican
Rancher/Small Business OwnerIncumbent
Voting Record (69)Yea 46Nay 2Absent 21
| Bill | Title | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB1225 | Enhance the future of education in South Dakota. | Yea | Passed (12-0) | Feb 23, 2026 |
| HB1257 | Amend the definition of an abortion. | Yea | Passed (10-2) | Feb 23, 2026 |
| HB1302 | Address issues facing South Dakota. | Yea | Passed (10-2) | Feb 23, 2026 |
| HB1303 | Promote the future success and development of South Dakota. | Yea | Passed (10-2) | Feb 23, 2026 |
| HB1184 | Define man and woman throughout the state. | Yea | Passed (10-2) | Feb 20, 2026 |
| HB1274 | 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. | Yea | Passed (10-2) | Feb 20, 2026 |
| HB1237 | Require age verification before an individual may access an application from an online application store, publicly available website, electronic service, or other online platform. | Yea | Passed (10-0) | Feb 19, 2026 |
| HB1256 | Require the promulgation of rules related to accessing the capitol complex and providing electronic card access to capitol access pass holders. | Yea | Passed (11-1) | Feb 19, 2026 |
| HB1324 | Abolish the State Board of Elections. | Yea | Passed (12-0) | Feb 19, 2026 |
| HCR6016 | Supporting reform of the beef checkoff program. | Yea | Passed (10-3) | Feb 19, 2026 |
| HB1230 | Modify requirements for payment of the employer's investment in South Dakota's future fee. | Yea | Passed (7-4) | Feb 19, 2026 |
| HB1299 | Permit the use of biological filtration systems in water recreational facilities located in certain lodging establishments. | Yea | Passed (10-1) | Feb 19, 2026 |
| HB1246 | Prohibit nondisclosure of certain agreements related to data centers. | Yea | Passed (9-3) | Feb 18, 2026 |
| HB1285 | Amend provisions pertaining to the timing of municipal and school district elections. | Yea | Passed (11-1) | Feb 18, 2026 |
| HB1301 | Limit costs and risks associated with electricity use by data centers and impose a moratorium. | Yea | Passed (10-2) | Feb 18, 2026 |
| HB1311 | Require the reporting of funding given by certain persons and governments to institutions under the control of the Board of Regents and the South Dakota Board of Technical Education. | Yea | Passed (15-0) | Feb 18, 2026 |
| HB1323 | Amend the time required for filing a petition referring an ordinance or resolution of a political subdivision. | Yea | Passed (10-2) | Feb 18, 2026 |
| HB1262 | Make an appropriation for a non-residential, school-based, therapeutic services facility in Brown County and to declare an emergency. | Yea | Passed (15-0) | Feb 18, 2026 |
| HB1278 | Prohibit certain political committees from accepting contributions by certain officers or employees of this state. | Yea | Passed (8-4) | Feb 18, 2026 |
| HB1269 | Require that manufacturers of agricultural equipment allow an independent repair provider or an owner to make certain repairs to agricultural equipment. | Excused | Passed (9-0) | Feb 17, 2026 |
| HB1277 | Require that campgrounds and campground additions, alterations, and modifications comply with National Fire Protection Association standards. | Yea | Passed (12-0) | Feb 17, 2026 |
| HB1288 | Modify the authority of a political subdivision to adopt mining ordinances. | Excused | Passed (7-3) | Feb 17, 2026 |
| HB1273 | Revise certain mining statutes. | Yea | Passed (9-2) | Feb 12, 2026 |
| HB1287 | Require an alternate approval process for an operation that extracts materials by the use of explosives. | Yea | Passed (7-3) | Feb 12, 2026 |
| HB1264 | Eliminate the Agricultural Land Assessment Implementation and Oversight Advisory Task Force, and to provide that the Department of Revenue receive the submission of recommendations and provide a report on agricultural value. | Yea | Passed (10-0) | Feb 12, 2026 |
| HB1294 | Prohibit geoengineering in this state. | Yea | Passed (7-3) | Feb 12, 2026 |
| HB1168 | Provide a property tax credit for the payment of nonpublic school tuition. | Yea | Passed (9-5) | Feb 11, 2026 |
| HB1217 | Limit the use of taxpayer funds and resources by a public education employer to support a labor organization or affiliate and to provide a penalty therefor. | Yea | Passed (8-7) | Feb 11, 2026 |
| HB1325 | Prohibit the Board of Regents and institutions under its control from requiring certain students to reside in on-campus housing or purchase meal plans. | Yea | Passed (8-7) | Feb 11, 2026 |
| HB1265 | Authorize the salvage of certain bird eggs. | Yea | Passed (9-1) | Feb 10, 2026 |
| HB1267 | Require statewide livestock ownership inspection. | Yea | Passed (6-4) | Feb 10, 2026 |
| HB1263 | Eliminate an exclusion from the definition of an agricultural equipment dealer. | Yea | Passed (9-1) | Feb 10, 2026 |
| HB1271 | Prohibit weather and climate modification activities and provide a penalty therefor. | Yea | Passed (7-3) | Feb 10, 2026 |
| HB1205 | Amend the manner of calculating state aid to general and special education funding. | Excused | Passed (8-6) | Feb 9, 2026 |
| HB1290 | Amend provisions pertaining to calculating local effort and state aid for general education. | Excused | Passed (14-0) | Feb 9, 2026 |
| HB1291 | Amend the process for calculating a school district's general fund base percentage. | Excused | Passed (9-5) | Feb 9, 2026 |
| HCR6012 | Recognizing the YMCA for 175 years of service to youth, families, and communities in South Dakota and across the United States. | Excused | Passed (65-0) | Feb 9, 2026 |
| HB1239 | Require that the Department of Education provide for the compensation of a teacher employed by a school district. | Yea | Passed (15-0) | Feb 6, 2026 |
| HB1243 | Require the display of the state motto in public schools and provide for associated legal representation. | Yea | Passed (9-6) | Feb 6, 2026 |
| HB1282 | Provide for the admission of certain children younger than five years old to the kindergarten program of a school district. | Yea | Passed (13-2) | Feb 6, 2026 |
| HB1122 | Provide for the licensure of certain fishing guides, and to provide a penalty therefor. | Nay | Failed (3-10) | Feb 5, 2026 |
| HB1001 | Provide for prescribed burning of state-owned land by a person owning adjoining land and to declare an emergency. | Yea | Passed (13-0) | Feb 5, 2026 |
| HB1073 | Provide for the creation of a cardiac emergency plan in every school and to make an appropriation therefor. | Yea | Passed (12-0) | Feb 4, 2026 |
| HB1213 | Make an appropriation for a statewide educator retention initiative. | Yea | Passed (8-5) | Feb 4, 2026 |
| HB1157 | Establish a task force for the purpose of studying aquatic invasive species infestations, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. | Nay | Failed (4-9) | Feb 3, 2026 |
| HB1111 | Modify the requirements for obtaining an agricultural processor's lien. | Yea | Passed (13-0) | Feb 3, 2026 |
| HB1129 | Provide for the carrying of a concealed pistol by certain school district employees. | Yea | Passed (12-3) | Feb 2, 2026 |
| HB1133 | Remove an enhanced permit as a condition of carrying a concealed pistol while on the campus of a public institution of higher education. | Yea | Passed (9-6) | Feb 2, 2026 |
| HB1100 | Revise provisions relating to the use of the livestock disease emergency fund. | Yea | Passed (13-0) | Jan 29, 2026 |
| HB1103 | Require that annual withdrawal of groundwater from any groundwater source may not exceed the annual recharge of water to the groundwater source. | Yea | Passed (9-4) | Jan 29, 2026 |
| HB1131 | Amend the process by which certain school districts calculate the general fund base percentage. | Excused | Failed (5-8) | Jan 28, 2026 |
| HB1130 | Amend permissible uses of a school district's capital outlay fund. | Excused | Passed (8-5) | Jan 28, 2026 |
| HB1064 | Provide for the sale of producer-raised meat and meat food products directly to consumers pending legalization under federal law. | Excused | Passed (8-3) | Jan 27, 2026 |
| HB1077 | Consider a cultivated-protein food product to be adulterated food. | Excused | Passed (9-3) | Jan 27, 2026 |
| HCR6007 | Encouraging honest economic development rooted in the republican principles of limited government, deregulation, and organic entrepreneurial growth. | Excused | Failed (29-37) | Jan 27, 2026 |
| HB1019 | Revise provisions regarding pesticide laws. | Excused | Passed (12-0) | Jan 27, 2026 |
| HB1003 | Amend provisions pertaining to the required criminal background investigation of certain school employees. | Excused | Passed (14-0) | Jan 26, 2026 |
| HB1098 | Amend certain provisions pertaining to special education funding. | Excused | Passed (8-6) | Jan 26, 2026 |
| HB1082 | Establish parameters for the reimbursement of school districts that provide free or reduced-price meals to students. | Excused | Passed (13-1) | Jan 26, 2026 |
| HB1002 | Revise the daily meal allowance for wildland fire employees and fire suppression forces in certain circumstances. | Excused | Passed (11-0) | Jan 22, 2026 |
| HB1020 | Increase the maximum amount allowable for the livestock ownership inspection fee and to declare an emergency. | Excused | Passed (9-2) | Jan 22, 2026 |
| HCR6003 | Recognizing the importance of conservation and restoration practices in addressing water shortages and forest fire mitigation in the Black Hills, and commending the organizations engaged in this work. | Excused | Passed (68-0) | Jan 22, 2026 |
| HCR6006 | Urging this state's congressional delegation to end foreign aid programs pending control of the United States debt situation. | Excused | Failed (26-42) | Jan 22, 2026 |
| HB1008 | Direct the amendment of the Administrative Rules of South Dakota regarding the awarding of high school credit for participation in extracurricular athletics. | Yea | Passed (8-7) | Jan 21, 2026 |
| HB1018 | Amend the reversion date for moneys appropriated to the Department of Education to improve and renovate the Cultural Heritage Center. | Yea | Passed (15-0) | Jan 21, 2026 |
| HB1078 | Direct the amendment of the Administrative Rules of South Dakota regarding the coursework required for high school graduation. | Yea | Passed (12-3) | Jan 21, 2026 |
| HCR6005 | Supporting January as National Blood Donor Month. | Yea | Passed (68-1) | Jan 20, 2026 |
| HCR6002 | Honoring the life and achievements of the late Charlie Kirk. | Excused | Passed (60-5) | Jan 16, 2026 |
| HR7001 | Recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. | Excused | Passed (62-5) | Jan 15, 2026 |