# Brandon Wipf

Brandon Wipf is a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate for district 22.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Dakota Senate, district 22
- Serving since: 2025-07-10
- Current term: SD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a5c12215-2e38-4d1f-a8b0-cc6ce0e859ca

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a5c12215-2e38-4d1f-a8b0-cc6ce0e859ca (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

Wipf voted against the majority of South Dakota Senate Republicans 46 times; party unity 45%, the lowest of 35 in the South Dakota Senate (average 76%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.31 (standard error 0.04), from 0 donors and 159 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 42% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SD 2025–26 session)

299 roll calls. Attendance 100% (South Dakota Senate 96.6%). Party unity 45% (76%). 46 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 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/
- 2026-03-12 · 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 Amended · SB 78 revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026. · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB78/
- 2026-03-09 · voted yea · Do Pass Amended · HB 1006 create a taskforce to study the creation of Indian medicaid managed care entities in the state. · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1006/
- 2026-03-09 · voted nay · Do Pass Amended · HB 1241 modify the requirements for public notice of a hearing prior to a vote to impose an excess tax levy, and to modify requirements to refer an excess tax… · fail · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1241/
- 2026-03-09 · voted yea · Do Pass · HB 1140 permit a court to impose as a condition of probation, or parole in certain circumstances, treatment at a nonprofit entity awarded an alternative care… · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1140/
- 2026-03-09 · voted yea · Do Pass · HB 1160 repeal the medical marijuana oversight committee. · fail · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1160/
- 2026-03-09 · voted yea · Do Pass Amended · HB 1184 define man and woman throughout the state. · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1184/
- 2026-03-09 · voted nay · Do Pass Amended · HB 1241 modify the requirements for public notice of a hearing prior to a vote to impose an excess tax levy, and to modify requirements to refer an excess tax… · fail · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1241/
- 2026-03-09 · voted yea · Do Pass Amended · HB 1082 establish parameters for the reimbursement of school districts that provide free or reduced-price meals to students. · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1082/

## Legislation (SD 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 50 bills: 42 reached committee, 34 passed one chamber, 29 passed both, 27 became law. Cosponsored 0. 74.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota Senate 78.2%; rank 24 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SC 822: honoring TKO’s Custom Catering and Capitol Cafe for outstanding service. (introduced, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SC822/
- SC 815: honoring Shane Jordan as the 2025 winner of the Hugh Hammond Bennett Conservation Planner Award. (introduced, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SC815/
- SC 812: to acknowledge Glenn Muller's distinguished career and congratulate him on his achievements. (introduced, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SC812/
- HB 1138: require the licensure of non-medical home care agencies, and to provide a penalty therefor. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1138/
- 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/
- HCR 6015: encouraging the Executive Board of the Legislative Research Council to form an interim legislative committee to study the role and function of county boards… (in committee, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HCR6015/
- SB 240: make an appropriation for county rural access infrastructure and to declare an emergency. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB240/
- SB 231: create the water infrastructure development fund, to provide an appropriation, to provide for the awarding of grants and loans from the fund for certain rural… (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB231/
- HB 1272: require that a snow bear be titled and licensed. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1272/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a5c12215-2e38-4d1f-a8b0-cc6ce0e859ca