# Glen Vilhauer

Glen Vilhauer is a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate for district 5.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Dakota Senate, district 5
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: SD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/4d53d676-05f1-409a-8ef8-762d97143443

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4d53d676-05f1-409a-8ef8-762d97143443 (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 Vilhauer’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from South Dakota, in the top quarter of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.34 (standard error 0.03), from 37 donors and 342 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 48% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SD 2025–26 session)

656 roll calls. Attendance 100% (South Dakota Senate 96.6%). Party unity 55% (76%). 83 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 64 bills: 58 reached committee, 41 passed one chamber, 36 passed both, 33 became law. Cosponsored 0. 81.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota Senate 78.2%; rank 17 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 132: modify provisions related to the South Dakota Veterans Council. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB132/
- SB 240: make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB240/
- SB 238: authorize the removal of occupants from certain short-term lodging accommodations, and to provide a penalty therefor. (introduced, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB238/
- 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/
- HC 8006: recognizing February as National Career and Technical Education and National Career and Technical Student Organizations Month. (introduced, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HC8006/
- SC 805: commending and honoring the 2024-2025 Outstanding School Administrators of South Dakota: Dr. Jeff Danielsen, Watertown, School Superintendent; Bo Beck,… (introduced, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SC805/
- SB 157: amend the school funding formula to provide for the use of an average fall enrollment when determining local need. (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB157/
- HB 1092: update provisions pertaining to open records. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1092/
- HB 1200: make an appropriation for victim services provided by nonprofit organizations. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1200/
- HB 1201: authorize the use of bingo games, lotteries, and pull-tab devices by booster clubs. (became law, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1201/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $46.3K (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/4706/Detail
- Campaign site: https://www.glenforsdsenate.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Glen-Vilhauer/pfbid0QsEd9RbPBkemSNyM1bnc9eLfCkX85A4NCLDuADbUUby4CYzcNepNX9cqpqyS3q3zl/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/4d53d676-05f1-409a-8ef8-762d97143443