# Jana Hunt

Jana Hunt is a Republican member of the South Dakota House for district 28A.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Dakota House, district 28A
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: SD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/3900be26-2367-48af-8083-6ec4b4f18cf1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3900be26-2367-48af-8083-6ec4b4f18cf1 (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

Hunt sits at −0.20 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 99% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.20 (standard error 0.01), from 15 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 0.8% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SD 2025–26 session)

638 roll calls. Attendance 100% (South Dakota House 96.6%). Party unity 92.3% (76%). 175 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-12 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 100 bills: 98 reached committee, 43 passed one chamber, 30 passed both, 25 became law. Cosponsored 0. 91.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota House 81.4%; rank 14 of 69).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1065: revise the medical purpose affirmative defense in cannabis prosecution. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1065/
- HB 1313: require education in prenatal human growth and development. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1313/
- HB 1310: make an appropriation for providing loans to custom exempt plants and slaughtering establishments. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1310/
- HB 1267: require statewide livestock ownership inspection. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1267/
- HB 1295: revise provisions for the acquisition of highway easements and rights of way. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1295/
- HB 1315: authorize the recall of certain elected officials or individuals appointed to fill vacancies in certain offices. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1315/
- SB 218: provide for the establishment of charter schools. (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB218/
- HB 1318: prohibit natural asset companies. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1318/
- SB 219: require that a state agency consult with the Aeronautics Commission prior to purchasing, transferring, or disposing of a state owned and operated aircraft. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB219/
- HCR 6016: supporting reform of the beef checkoff program. (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HCR6016/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $21.9K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 57% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4718/Detail
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/janahunt4sd/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janahunt4sd/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3900be26-2367-48af-8083-6ec4b4f18cf1