# Paul Miskimins

Paul Miskimins is a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate for district 20.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Dakota Senate, district 20
- Serving since: 2019-01-08
- Current term: SD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/169a02e3-c161-4cca-8adb-10e55934a94f

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/169a02e3-c161-4cca-8adb-10e55934a94f (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

100% of Miskimins’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from South Dakota, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.21 (standard error 0.01), from 7 donors and 934 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 28% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SD 2025–26 session)

656 roll calls. Attendance 99.3% (South Dakota Senate 96.6%). Party unity 58% (76%). 77 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 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/
- 2026-03-12 · 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 Amended · SB 78 revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026. · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB78/
- 2026-03-11 · voted yea · Do Pass Amended · SB 78 revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026. · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB78/
- 2026-03-11 · 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/
- 2026-03-11 · 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 · HB 1006 create a taskforce to study the creation of Indian medicaid managed care entities in the state. · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1006/
- 2026-03-09 · voted nay · Do Pass Amended · HB 1241 modify the requirements for public notice of a hearing prior to a vote to impose an excess tax levy, and to modify requirements to refer an excess tax… · fail · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1241/
- 2026-03-09 · voted yea · Do Pass · HB 1140 permit a court to impose as a condition of probation, or parole in certain circumstances, treatment at a nonprofit entity awarded an alternative care… · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1140/
- 2026-03-09 · voted yea · Do Pass · HB 1160 repeal the medical marijuana oversight committee. · fail · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1160/

## Legislation (SD 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 24 bills: 24 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 13 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 0. 79.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota Senate 78.2%; rank 20 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1279: permit technical college employees to join the state health plan. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-05) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1279/
- HB 1147: make an appropriation for the purchase and distribution of food by a statewide distribution organization. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1147/
- SB 130: make an appropriation for roadway and related infrastructure improvements required because of construction activity at Ellsworth Air Force Base and to declare… (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB130/
- HB 1118: make an appropriation for the design and construction of an addition to the existing swine wean-to-finish barn at South Dakota State University and to declare… (became law, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1118/
- HB 1058: require licensure for online pari-mutuel wagering pools for horse and dog races, and clarify the application of tax therefor. (became law, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1058/
- HR 7001: recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HR7001/
- HB 1056: require that the Department of Social Services submit a federal waiver request to exclude soft drinks from the supplemental nutrition assistance program. (became law, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1056/
- SR 701: recognizing the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. (in committee, 2026-01-15) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SR701/
- SB 36: authorize certain utilities to establish wildfire mitigation plans and associated liability limitations for wildfire damages. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB36/
- HB 1005: provide a sales and use tax exemption for goods and services related to data center operations. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1005/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $12.1K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4698/Detail
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paul.miskimins/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/169a02e3-c161-4cca-8adb-10e55934a94f