# Terri Jorgenson

Terri Jorgenson is a Republican member of the South Dakota House for district 29.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Dakota House, district 29
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: SD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5f9be535-0a3a-4661-a651-f65dbd39ce2b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5f9be535-0a3a-4661-a651-f65dbd39ce2b (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

Jorgenson sits at −0.03 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 96% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.03 (standard error 0.01), from 3 donors and 341 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 4.1% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SD 2025–26 session)

727 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (South Dakota House 96.6%). Party unity 90.5% (76%). 79 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 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/
- 2026-03-12 · 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 · 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/
- 2026-03-11 · 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 · 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/

## Legislation (SD 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 52 bills: 51 reached committee, 24 passed one chamber, 18 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 0. 86.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota House 81.4%; rank 26 of 69).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1257: amend the definition of an abortion. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1257/
- HB 1313: require education in prenatal human growth and development. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1313/
- HB 1280: increase penalties for the operation of drones over certain facilities and to provide for mitigation techniques and countermeasures. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1280/
- HB 1287: require an alternate approval process for an operation that extracts materials by the use of explosives. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1287/
- HB 1273: revise certain mining statutes. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1273/
- HB 1288: modify the authority of a political subdivision to adopt mining ordinances. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1288/
- HB 1304: allow subdivisions to limit the operation of drones at open-air events. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1304/
- HB 1186: require the approval of the county for the creation of a tax increment financing district by a municipality. (in committee, 2026-02-05) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1186/
- 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/
- HCR 6009: urging Congress to repeal the estate tax. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HCR6009/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $7,750 (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/4710/Detail
- Campaign site: https://www.terrijorgenson.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Terri-Jorgenson-for-SD/61558332591037/?_rdr

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5f9be535-0a3a-4661-a651-f65dbd39ce2b