# Tony Kayser

Tony Kayser is a Republican member of the South Dakota House for district 14.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Dakota House, district 14
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: SD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a0e95faf-3b79-4657-bdd2-3a496d04e03c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a0e95faf-3b79-4657-bdd2-3a496d04e03c (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

Kayser sits at −0.14 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 98% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.14 (standard error 0.01), from 14 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 1.7% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SD 2025–26 session)

638 roll calls. Attendance 100% (South Dakota House 96.6%). Party unity 96.1% (76%). 120 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-12 · voted nay · Do Pass Amended · SB 78 revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026. · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB78/
- 2026-03-12 · 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 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 · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 nay · 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 42 bills: 41 reached committee, 13 passed one chamber, 10 passed both, 9 became law. Cosponsored 0. 92.9% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota House 81.4%; rank 4 of 69).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1313: require education in prenatal human growth and development. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1313/
- HB 1314: modify provisions pertaining to the testing and use of automatic tabulating equipment. (in committee, 2026-02-11) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1314/
- HB 1316: revise the time for conducting the canvass of an election. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1316/
- HB 1315: authorize the recall of certain elected officials or individuals appointed to fill vacancies in certain offices. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1315/
- SB 218: provide for the establishment of charter schools. (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB218/
- HB 1324: abolish the State Board of Elections. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1324/
- HB 1317: eliminate a limit on the accumulation of the unused index factor for property taxation. (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1317/
- HCR 6009: urging Congress to repeal the estate tax. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HCR6009/
- HB 1210: prohibit COVID-19 vaccination requirements and to provide a penalty therefor. (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1210/
- HB 1170: allow online access to verify registry status for organ donation. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1170/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $30.0K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 48% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4724/Detail
- Campaign site: https://tonykayserforsd.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TonyKayserforSD/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a0e95faf-3b79-4657-bdd2-3a496d04e03c