# Steve Duffy

Steve Duffy is a Republican member of the South Dakota House for district 32.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Dakota House, district 32
- Serving since: 2023-01-10
- Current term: SD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/a86e2b88-677f-4819-9fc2-0e9ba4c04377

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a86e2b88-677f-4819-9fc2-0e9ba4c04377 (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

Duffy reported $59.4K in the 2024 cycle, in the top tenth of State House Republicans (median $10.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.02), from 108 donors and 587 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 32% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SD 2025–26 session)

638 roll calls. Attendance 97.4% (South Dakota House 96.6%). Party unity 54% (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/
- 2026-03-09 · 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 28 bills: 26 reached committee, 20 passed one chamber, 19 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 0. 85.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota House 81.4%; rank 28 of 69).

Recent sponsored bills:

- 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 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/
- HB 1215: authorize counties and municipalities to issue a license for a cigar bar. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1215/
- SB 197: modify the administration of the South Dakota-Ireland trade fund. (became law, 2026-03-10) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB197/
- HB 1238: protect financial institutions taking action to prevent the financial exploitation of consenting, senior, or vulnerable adults. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1238/
- SB 130: make an appropriation for roadway and related infrastructure improvements required because of construction activity at Ellsworth Air Force Base and to declare… (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB130/
- SCR 602: celebrating the sister-state relationship with Taiwan. (in committee, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SCR602/
- HB 1058: require licensure for online pari-mutuel wagering pools for horse and dog races, and clarify the application of tax therefor. (became law, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1058/
- SB 98: prevent virtual currency kiosk fraud. (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB98/
- 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/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $59.4K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 87% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4497/Detail
- Campaign site: https://www.steveduffyforsd.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100015570198928
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@steveduffy2163
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-duffy-348b1573/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/a86e2b88-677f-4819-9fc2-0e9ba4c04377