# MyKala Voita

MyKala Voita is a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate for district 21.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Dakota Senate, district 21
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: SD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5cfb95b9-aa6a-4285-89d1-04770ae033fd

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5cfb95b9-aa6a-4285-89d1-04770ae033fd (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

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

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.20 (standard error 0.01), from 17 donors and 336 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 1.3% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SD 2025–26 session)

656 roll calls. Attendance 98.1% (South Dakota Senate 96.6%). Party unity 90.4% (76%). 111 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 nay · Do Pass Amended · SB 78 revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026. · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB78/
- 2026-03-11 · 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 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 · 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 yea · 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 nay · Do Pass · HB 1160 repeal the medical marijuana oversight committee. · fail · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1160/

## Legislation (SD 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 86 bills: 82 reached committee, 48 passed one chamber, 39 passed both, 34 became law. Cosponsored 0. 84.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota Senate 78.2%; rank 14 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SC 822: honoring TKO’s Custom Catering and Capitol Cafe for outstanding service. (introduced, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SC822/
- SC 814: celebrating the South Dakota Youth of the Year program for 2026. (introduced, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SC814/
- HB 1300: except victims of human trafficking or domestic abuse from certain clemency notice requirements. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1300/
- HC 8008: honoring Ashlyn Koupal of Wagner for being named to the 2026 McDonald's All-American Girls Basketball Team. (introduced, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HC8008/
- 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/
- SJR 508: proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election, amendments to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, removing the lieutenant… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SJR508/
- SB 228: modify provisions for a tax increment financing district. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB228/
- HB 1286: amend the process by which moneys are distributed from the employer's investment in South Dakota's future fund. (became law, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1286/
- HB 1246: prohibit nondisclosure of certain agreements related to data centers. (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1246/
- HB 1251: create the community-based providers methodology supplement fund, create the target teacher salary supplement fund, and provide for the transfer of certain… (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1251/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $16.7K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 92% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4697/Detail
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Mykala-Voita-100008286424205/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5cfb95b9-aa6a-4285-89d1-04770ae033fd