# Keri Weems

Keri Weems is a Republican member of the South Dakota House for district 11.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Dakota House, district 11
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: SD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/708ee344-687f-499a-9f52-48cb79686167

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/708ee344-687f-499a-9f52-48cb79686167 (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

43% of Weems’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from South Dakota, in the bottom tenth of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.28 (standard error 0.02), from 23 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 38% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SD 2025–26 session)

638 roll calls. Attendance 100% (South Dakota House 96.6%). Party unity 54% (76%). 95 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 nay · 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 32 bills: 31 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 14 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 0. 87.5% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota House 81.4%; rank 22 of 69).

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 131: revise the season in which a nonprofit organization may host a special pheasant hunt for disabled veterans and Purple Heart recipients. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB131/
- HB 1292: limit the ability of a health carrier to recoup, recover, or retroactively deny previously paid claims. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1292/
- HB 1306: authorize the provision of charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1306/
- HB 1227: increase the annual fee required of an owner of an electric motor vehicle. (became law, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1227/
- HB 1092: update provisions pertaining to open records. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1092/
- HB 1229: require the inclusion of certain features within a manufacturer's application store or on a developer's application. (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1229/
- HB 1237: require age verification before an individual may access an application from an online application store, publicly available website, electronic service, or… (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1237/
- HB 1228: provide a stipend to certain members of the National Guard who donate an organ for the purpose of transplantation to another individual. (in committee, 2026-02-09) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1228/
- SCR 602: celebrating the sister-state relationship with Taiwan. (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SCR602/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $26.4K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 43% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4691/Detail
- Campaign site: https://www.keriweems.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Keri-K-Weems-for-Legislature-61557895563998/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/keri-weems-08808491/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/708ee344-687f-499a-9f52-48cb79686167