# Mike Stevens Mike Stevens is a Republican member of the South Dakota House for district 18. - Party: Republican - Seat: South Dakota House, district 18 - Serving since: 2021-01-12 - Current term: SD 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/0121d607-e75c-4427-bd76-a6e01434afca Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0121d607-e75c-4427-bd76-a6e01434afca (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set]. ## Headline Stevens voted against the majority of South Dakota House Republicans 111 times; party unity 44%, in the bottom 5% of the South Dakota House (average 76%). ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score +0.28 (standard error 0.01), from 28 donors and 894 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 38% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (SD 2025–26 session) 638 roll calls. Attendance 100% (South Dakota House 96.6%). Party unity 44% (76%). 111 votes against the party majority. Key votes: - 2026-03-12 · voted yea · Do Pass Amended · SB 78 revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026. · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB78/ - 2026-03-12 · voted yea · Do Pass Amended · HB 1051 revise property tax levies for school districts and to revise the state aid to general and special education formulas. · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1051/ - 2026-03-12 · voted yea · Do Pass · HB 1326 appropriate money for the ordinary expenses of the legislative, judicial, and executive departments of the state, the current expenses of state… · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1326/ - 2026-03-09 · voted yea · Do Pass Amended · SB 219 require that a state agency consult with the Aeronautics Commission prior to purchasing, transferring, or disposing of a state owned and operated… · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB219/ - 2026-03-09 · voted nay · Do Pass Amended · SB 245 create the homeowner property tax reduction fund, and to transfer moneys to the homeowner property tax reduction fund. · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB245/ - 2026-03-09 · voted yea · Do Pass Amended · SB 221 regulate the retail sale of nicotine products, and to provide a penalty therefor. · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB221/ - 2026-03-09 · voted yea · Do Pass Amended · SB 222 make an appropriation for eligible water, wastewater, storm water, and riparian buffer initiative projects and to declare an emergency. · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB222/ - 2026-03-09 · voted yea · Do Pass Amended · SB 119 create the capitol restoration fund and to transfer moneys thereto. · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB119/ - 2026-03-09 · voted yea · Do Pass Amended · SB 106 modify the amount required to be set aside for extraordinary expenses incurred in providing special education programs. · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB106/ - 2026-03-09 · voted yea · Do Pass Amended · SB 102 modify the distribution of gaming revenues. · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB102/ ## Legislation (SD 2025–26 session) Sponsored 17 bills: 13 reached committee, 9 passed one chamber, 8 passed both, 8 became law. Cosponsored 0. 64.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota House 81.4%; rank 65 of 69). Recent sponsored bills: - HC 8005: honoring the Yankton School District on its 150th anniversary. (introduced, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HC8005/ - SC 802: celebrating and honoring Tabor Czech Days annual festivities on the occasion of its seventy-seventh anniversary. (introduced, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SC802/ - HB 1108: require the sealing of court files upon dismissal or denial of a petition for a protection order. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1108/ - HB 1109: allow for the expungement of records pertinent to dismissed protection order cases. (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1109/ - HB 1107: modify restrictions on lands for certain public purposes. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1107/ - HC 8001: recognizing National FFA week. (introduced, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HC8001/ - SB 100: revise provisions related to trusts. (became law, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB100/ - HB 1082: establish parameters for the reimbursement of school districts that provide free or reduced-price meals to students. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1082/ - HB 1040: revise the child support obligation schedule. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1040/ - SCR 602: Celebrating the sister-state relationship with Taiwan. (in committee, 2025-02-13) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2025/SCR602/ ## Campaign money (2024 cycle) Itemized receipts $55.4K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4565/Detail - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100007852395520 Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/0121d607-e75c-4427-bd76-a6e01434afca