# Bethany Soye Bethany Soye is a Republican member of the South Dakota House for district 9. - Party: Republican - Seat: South Dakota House, district 9 - Serving since: 2021-01-12 - Current term: SD 2025–26 session - Open States ID: ocd-person/3b05e975-1b79-42ec-94e8-7a258142dd46 Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3b05e975-1b79-42ec-94e8-7a258142dd46 (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 Soye sits at −0.19 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 99% of State House Republicans. ## Ideology (CSIP) CSIP score −0.19 (standard error 0.01), from 43 donors and 785 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 1.0% of State House Republicans score lower. ## Votes (SD 2025–26 session) 638 roll calls. Attendance 66% (South Dakota House 96.6%). Party unity 95.9% (76%). 99 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 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 32 bills: 28 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 12 passed both, 12 became law. Cosponsored 0. 84.4% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota House 81.4%; rank 32 of 69). Recent sponsored bills: - HB 1274: prohibit the dispensing, distribution, sale, or advertisement of certain articles or things for purposes of an unlawful abortion and provide a criminal and… (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1274/ - HB 1257: amend the definition of an abortion. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1257/ - HC 8013: recognizing the Agricultural Issues team of the West Central FFA chapter and celebrating their first-place victory in the state competition and their journey… (introduced, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HC8013/ - HC 8007: recognizing Scouting America Day at the Capitol and celebrating Scouting America for one hundred sixteen years of service to American youth. (introduced, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HC8007/ - SB 218: provide for the establishment of charter schools. (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB218/ - HB 1275: create requirements for age verification and parental consent for application stores and to provide a penalty therefor. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1275/ - HB 1224: protect persons from discrimination by financial institutions. (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1224/ - HB 1182: establish a data collection system pertaining to assisted reproductive technology and to provide a penalty therefor. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1182/ - HB 1164: establish the crime of fraudulent assisted reproduction and provide a penalty and civil liability therefor. (became law, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1164/ - HB 1153: protect certain rights of healthcare providers. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1153/ ## Campaign money (2024 cycle) Itemized receipts $17.0K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 97% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors. ## Links - Official site: https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4562/Detail - Campaign site: https://www.bethanysoye.com/ - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BethanySoyeForDistrict9/ - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethanybostron/ Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/3b05e975-1b79-42ec-94e8-7a258142dd46