# Chris Kassin

Chris Kassin is a Republican member of the South Dakota House for district 17.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Dakota House, district 17
- Serving since: 2023-01-10
- Current term: SD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/87c4b9d3-1e14-4c64-af35-e9a95a1f4bf3

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/87c4b9d3-1e14-4c64-af35-e9a95a1f4bf3 (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 the 17 bills Kassin sponsored got out of committee, the highest of 69 in the South Dakota House.

## What Kassin says (SD 2025–26 session)

11 classified statements: 11 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State House Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Kassin | State House Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 0.0% | 2.9% | 642 of 791 |
| Policy criticism | 0.0% | 9.3% | 735 of 791 |
| Policy discussion | 0.0% | 31.9% | 779 of 791 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.0% | 1.8% | 677 of 791 |
| Credit claiming | 9.1% | 12.7% | 416 of 791 |
| Extreme labels | 0.0% | 1.4% | 618 of 791 |

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.01), from 27 donors and 678 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 26% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SD 2025–26 session)

727 roll calls. Attendance 99.8% (South Dakota House 96.6%). Party unity 57% (76%). 94 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 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/

## Legislation (SD 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 17 bills: 17 reached committee, 16 passed one chamber, 16 passed both, 14 became law. Cosponsored 0. 100.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota House 81.4%; rank 1 of 69).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1249: amend provisions pertaining to the School Finance Accountability Board, and the process by which a recommendation of the board is approved. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1249/
- HB 1137: make an appropriation for the design and construction of an athletic facility at the University of South Dakota and to declare an emergency. (became law, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1137/
- SB 117: make an appropriation for the design and construction of a new soccer venue at South Dakota State University and to declare an emergency. (became law, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB117/
- SB 116: make an appropriation for the design and construction of an indoor athletics facility at Dakota State University and to declare an emergency. (became law, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB116/
- 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/
- SB 5: require the disclosure of whether a ballot question was proposed by initiative or by the Legislature. (became law, 2026-02-06) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB5/
- SB 95: make an appropriation to the Department of Revenue for distribution to county rural access infrastructure funds and to declare an emergency. (passed both chambers, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2025/SB95/
- SJR 505: Proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, establishing the trust for… (passed both chambers, 2025-03-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2025/SJR505/
- SB 155: reduce the amount of net receipts of unclaimed property deposited into the general fund. (became law, 2025-03-13) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2025/SB155/
- HB 1063: revise the provisions for preparing a fiscal note for ballot questions. (became law, 2025-03-05) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2025/HB1063/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $43.9K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 43% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-09-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisJKassin/status/2100545703487402390
- 2025-11-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisJKassin/status/1986786633073688893
- 2025-11-07 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisJKassin/status/1986896903645147396
- 2025-10-03 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisJKassin/status/1974256210200182984
- 2025-09-13 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/ChrisJKassin/status/1966996726075805829
- 2025-07-19 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisJKassin/status/1946418322184229105
- 2025-06-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisJKassin/status/1932896686000496981
- 2025-05-30 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisJKassin/status/1928262704633917709
- 2025-05-26 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisJKassin/status/1926817268693897560
- 2025-05-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/ChrisJKassin/status/1926475793082806631

## Links

- Official site: https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4514/Detail
- Campaign site: https://www.chriskassin.com/
- X: https://x.com/ChrisJKassin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ckassin
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ChrisKassinForHouse
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coachkassin/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-kassin/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/87c4b9d3-1e14-4c64-af35-e9a95a1f4bf3