# Liz May

Liz May is a Republican member of the South Dakota House for district 27.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Dakota House, district 27
- Serving since: 2021-01-12
- Current term: SD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/2b581087-9814-4f0d-80e5-b29a6e7aee67

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2b581087-9814-4f0d-80e5-b29a6e7aee67 (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

May sits at −0.13 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 98% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.13 (standard error 0.01), from 11 donors and 903 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 2.0% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SD 2025–26 session)

678 roll calls. Attendance 90% (South Dakota House 96.6%). Party unity 91.2% (76%). 113 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-12 · voted not voting · 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 not voting · 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 not voting · 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 yea · 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 63 bills: 63 reached committee, 34 passed one chamber, 30 passed both, 25 became law. Cosponsored 0. 92.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota House 81.4%; rank 9 of 69).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1269: require that manufacturers of agricultural equipment allow an independent repair provider or an owner to make certain repairs to agricultural equipment. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1269/
- 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 for America's… (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1244/
- HB 1221: establish a post-employment restriction for employees of the Governor's Office of Economic Development and create a penalty therefor. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1221/
- HB 1215: authorize counties and municipalities to issue a license for a cigar bar. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1215/
- HB 1230: modify requirements for payment of the employer's investment in South Dakota's future fee. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1230/
- SB 135: protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB135/
- HB 1121: expand the locations at which raw milk may be purchased for personal use by a consumer. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1121/
- SB 88: clarify the procedure for a potential condemnor to examine real property absent the property owner's permission. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB88/
- HB 1064: provide for the sale of producer-raised meat and meat food products directly to consumers pending legalization under federal law. (became law, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1064/
- HB 1057: prohibit the manufacture, sale, and distribution of any product containing cell-cultured protein, and to provide a penalty therefor. (in committee, 2026-01-28) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1057/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $3,125 (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/4528/Detail
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LizMayforStateHouse/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011089785889

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/2b581087-9814-4f0d-80e5-b29a6e7aee67