# Tim Czmowski

Tim Czmowski is a Republican member of the South Dakota House for district 6.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Dakota House, district 6
- Serving since: 2025-02-18
- Current term: SD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/6a9db533-590a-4481-980b-b5efe3412d9b

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/6a9db533-590a-4481-980b-b5efe3412d9b (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

Czmowski missed 18% of 525 roll calls, attendance in the bottom 5% of the South Dakota House (average 96.6%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.02), from 0 donors and 215 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SD 2025–26 session)

525 roll calls. Attendance 82% (South Dakota House 96.6%). Party unity 68% (76%). 53 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/
- 2026-03-09 · 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 yea · 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 8 bills: 6 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 0. 75.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota House 81.4%; rank 51 of 69).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HC 8015: honoring Alice Simonson of Day County, who is believed to be the oldest citizen of this state. (introduced, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HC8015/
- HB 1313: require education in prenatal human growth and development. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1313/
- HB 1308: reduce certain property taxes for owner-occupied property, and to increase the rates for certain gross receipts taxes and use taxes. (in committee, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1308/
- HC 8001: recognizing National FFA week. (introduced, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HC8001/
- HB 1080: allow a business owner who is a veteran to display military specialty plates on a noncommercial vehicle registered to the veteran's business and to limit… (became law, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1080/
- SB 36: authorize certain utilities to establish wildfire mitigation plans and associated liability limitations for wildfire damages. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB36/
- HB 1034: increase fees for decals and license plates mailed to vehicle owners. (became law, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1034/
- HB 1005: provide a sales and use tax exemption for goods and services related to data center operations. (in committee, 2026-02-04) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1005/

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