Sue Peterson
Senator·District 13Republican
Majority Whip
Retired Banker/Track CoachFrom Other House
Voting Record (74)Yea 43Nay 12Absent 19
| Bill | Title | Vote | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB196 | Increase the income limits for a property tax assessment freeze. | Yea | Passed (4-3) | Feb 23, 2026 |
| SB216 | Limit annual valuation increases on owner-occupied single-family dwellings and provide an exception for mill rate limitations on taxing districts. | Nay | Failed (3-4) | Feb 23, 2026 |
| SB109 | Modify requirements to create a tax increment financing district. | Excused | Passed (4-0) | Feb 20, 2026 |
| SB191 | Remove the authorization to issue grants as part of a tax increment financing district. | Excused | Passed (4-0) | Feb 20, 2026 |
| SB192 | Modify the blight requirements for purposes of creating a tax increment financing district. | Excused | Passed (4-0) | Feb 20, 2026 |
| SB199 | Establish a new fund to provide property tax relief. | Yea | Passed (4-3) | Feb 20, 2026 |
| SB212 | Establish the homeowner tax reduction fund. | Excused | Passed (4-0) | Feb 20, 2026 |
| SB230 | Make an exception for improvement districts from a limit on revenue growth for purposes of property taxation. | Yea | Passed (6-0) | Feb 20, 2026 |
| SB243 | Impose a transaction tax and dedicate revenues collected to supplant certain property taxes, and to provide a penalty therefor. | Yea | Passed (4-3) | Feb 20, 2026 |
| SJR506 | Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, resetting, then limiting property taxes to a flat rate, until adjusted when sold. | Excused | Passed (3-1) | Feb 20, 2026 |
| SB228 | Modify provisions for a tax increment financing district. | Yea | Passed (7-0) | Feb 20, 2026 |
| SB193 | Clarify the definition of backup electric generation. | Nay | Passed (5-3) | Feb 19, 2026 |
| SB226 | Increase a limit on video lottery gaming, and to deposit moneys into a new fund. | Yea | Passed (8-0) | Feb 19, 2026 |
| SB229 | Require an election to approve the issuance of certain capital outlay certificates, lease-purchase contracts, or installment purchase contracts. | Yea | Passed (4-3) | Feb 19, 2026 |
| SB204 | Revise certain criteria for loans from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund. | Yea | Passed (7-1) | Feb 19, 2026 |
| SB213 | Create the building opportunity through out-of-school time program and the building opportunity through out-of-school time program fund, authorize a new fee, make an appropriation therefor, and transfer moneys to the building opportunity through out-of-school time program fund. | Excused | Passed (4-2) | Feb 19, 2026 |
| SB144 | Provide property tax relief to certain senior owners of owner-occupied single-family dwellings. | Yea | Passed (5-1) | Feb 18, 2026 |
| SB241 | Require that the Department of Revenue provide an annual report to Indian tribes regarding certain tax collections. | Nay | Passed (4-3) | Feb 18, 2026 |
| SB96 | Authorize the imposition of a county option gross receipts tax to reduce owner-occupied property taxes. | Yea | Passed (7-0) | Feb 18, 2026 |
| SB170 | Require the provision of a notice to consumers, interacting with certain chatbots or other human-simulating computer technologies that could mislead or deceive the consumer. | Yea | Passed (6-0) | Feb 17, 2026 |
| SB209 | Authorize the creation of land banks. | Yea | Passed (5-1) | Feb 17, 2026 |
| SB218 | Provide for the establishment of charter schools. | Yea | Passed (4-3) | Feb 17, 2026 |
| SB186 | Authorize the shipment of distilled spirits directly to consumers, and to provide a penalty therefor. | Excused | Passed (6-2) | Feb 12, 2026 |
| SB188 | Revise public notice requirements for new sand, gravel, and construction aggregate mines. | Excused | Passed (7-1) | Feb 12, 2026 |
| SB200 | Amend the state aid formula for general education and for special education. | Excused | Passed (5-1) | Feb 12, 2026 |
| SB205 | Revise registration fees for drones and establish a fund to support drone aviation. | Excused | Passed (6-1) | Feb 12, 2026 |
| SB138 | Revise the time within which a recount for a school board election must be completed. | Excused | Passed (6-0) | Feb 12, 2026 |
| SB126 | Increase the amount of value exempt from property taxes under a tax relief program for disabled veterans and surviving spouses. | Excused | Passed (5-0) | Feb 11, 2026 |
| SB161 | Repeal an exemption for certain health care facilities. | Excused | Passed (6-0) | Feb 11, 2026 |
| SB141 | Exempt certain sales at farmers' markets from sales tax. | Excused | Passed (6-0) | Feb 11, 2026 |
| SB183 | Modify requirements for public notice of a hearing prior to a vote to impose an excess tax levy. | Excused | Passed (6-0) | Feb 11, 2026 |
| SCR608 | Urging collaboration to reduce hunger and food waste in this state under the protections of the 1996 Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act. | Excused | Passed (30-3) | Feb 11, 2026 |
| SB167 | Amend provisions pertaining to the administration of an academic achievement assessment to students in grade eleven. | Nay | Passed (4-3) | Feb 10, 2026 |
| SB187 | Define nonpublic school. | Yea | Passed (4-3) | Feb 10, 2026 |
| SB98 | Prevent virtual currency kiosk fraud. | Yea | Passed (7-0) | Feb 10, 2026 |
| SB198 | Restrict the use of a cell phone by a student during the school day. | Nay | Failed (3-4) | Feb 10, 2026 |
| SCR606 | Encouraging the review and approval of water rights applications and future use reservations from the Missouri River. | Yea | Passed (33-1) | Feb 10, 2026 |
| SB118 | Deposit certain tax revenues into a homeowner tax reduction fund. | Nay | Failed (3-4) | Feb 6, 2026 |
| SB125 | Establish the homeowner tax reduction fund. | Yea | Passed (7-0) | Feb 6, 2026 |
| SJR504 | Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, providing for wagering on sporting events via mobile or electronic platform. | Nay | Passed (4-3) | Feb 6, 2026 |
| SB157 | Amend the school funding formula to provide for the use of an average fall enrollment when determining local need. | Yea | Passed (4-3) | Feb 5, 2026 |
| SB60 | Restrict ownership of real property interests by certain prohibited entities and to provide for enforcement. | Yea | Passed (8-0) | Feb 5, 2026 |
| SB106 | Modify the amount required to be set aside for extraordinary expenses incurred in providing special education programs. | Nay | Passed (6-1) | Feb 5, 2026 |
| SB197 | Modify the administration of the South Dakota-Ireland trade fund. | Yea | Passed (8-0) | Feb 5, 2026 |
| SB154 | Clarify the eligibility of multiple garages or structures to be classified as owner-occupied. | Excused | Passed (6-0) | Feb 4, 2026 |
| SB88 | Clarify the procedure for a potential condemnor to examine real property absent the property owner's permission. | Yea | Passed (9-0) | Feb 3, 2026 |
| SB100 | Revise provisions related to trusts. | Excused | Passed (8-0) | Feb 3, 2026 |
| SCR607 | Supporting congressional authorization for, and federal participation in, major rural water supply projects identified by the South Dakota Association of Rural Water Systems. | Yea | Passed (34-0) | Feb 2, 2026 |
| SB105 | Require the licensure of certain individuals performing installation of radon mitigation systems and provide a penalty therefor. | Excused | Passed (6-0) | Jan 29, 2026 |
| SB97 | Adjust a limit on the percentage increase in revenue payable from property taxes. | Yea | Passed (6-1) | Jan 28, 2026 |
| SB99 | Create the property tax local effort replacement fund, to reduce certain property taxes, and to increase the rates for certain gross receipts taxes and use taxes. | Yea | Passed (6-1) | Jan 28, 2026 |
| SCR605 | Recognizing the significance of the monarch butterfly and encouraging cooperative, voluntary conservation efforts in South Dakota. | Yea | Passed (33-1) | Jan 28, 2026 |
| SB86 | Authorize purchasing agency verification and monitoring of workers' compensation insurance coverage obtained by public improvement contractors. | Nay | Passed (5-4) | Jan 27, 2026 |
| SCR604 | 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 | Passed (22-11) | Jan 27, 2026 |
| SB36 | Authorize certain utilities to establish wildfire mitigation plans and associated liability limitations for wildfire damages. | Nay | Passed (6-3) | Jan 27, 2026 |
| SCR602 | Celebrating the sister-state relationship with Taiwan. | Yea | Passed (33-0) | Jan 26, 2026 |
| SCR603 | Supporting the secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture in establishing a working group of nutrition experts to determine national standards for foods and beverages purchased with supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits. | Yea | Passed (32-1) | Jan 26, 2026 |
| SB6 | Reduce the duration of an individual's reemployment benefits. | Yea | Passed (8-1) | Jan 22, 2026 |
| SB62 | Discontinue the issuance of new Class B electrician licenses. | Nay | Passed (5-4) | Jan 22, 2026 |
| SB84 | Increase thresholds for the value of and eligibility for the partners in education scholarship. | Yea | Passed (7-0) | Jan 22, 2026 |
| SB85 | Require an election for an excess tax levy of a school district. | Yea | Passed (4-3) | Jan 22, 2026 |
| SB63 | Establish the state office of apprenticeship within the Department of Labor and Regulation. | Yea | Passed (9-0) | Jan 22, 2026 |
| SB7 | Modify the tax rate on gold severed in this state. | Yea | Passed (7-0) | Jan 21, 2026 |
| SB58 | Reduce to zero mill levies for property taxation. | Yea | Passed (7-0) | Jan 21, 2026 |
| SB4 | Revise procedures for returning and withholding security deposits for residential premises. | Yea | Passed (6-0) | Jan 20, 2026 |
| SB9 | Revise provisions regarding notices to the one-call notification center. | Yea | Passed (6-0) | Jan 20, 2026 |
| SB25 | Update provisions related to the permit application process for proposed energy and transmission facilities. | Nay | Passed (5-1) | Jan 20, 2026 |
| SB12 | Provide for a refund of property taxes in previous years for qualifying veterans and surviving spouses. | Yea | Passed (5-0) | Jan 16, 2026 |
| SB18 | Repeal income modifications for the bank franchise tax pertaining to bad debts. | Yea | Passed (5-0) | Jan 16, 2026 |
| SB19 | Revise certain references to the Internal Revenue Code. | Yea | Passed (5-0) | Jan 16, 2026 |
| SB8 | Permit a school district to administer epinephrine using a nasal spray. | Yea | Passed (7-0) | Jan 15, 2026 |
| SB64 | Revise and repeal provisions related to the athletic commission. | Yea | Passed (8-0) | Jan 15, 2026 |
| SR701 | Recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. | Yea | Passed (18-15) | Jan 15, 2026 |
| SCR601 | Encouraging honest economic development rooted in the republican principles of limited government, deregulation, and organic entrepreneurial growth. | Yea | Failed (16-17) | Jan 15, 2026 |