# Kyle Schoenfish

Kyle Schoenfish is a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate for district 19.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Dakota Senate, district 19
- Serving since: 2020-01-06
- Current term: SD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/bd74c8bf-cc11-4bfc-a721-269a01a6ccb1

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bd74c8bf-cc11-4bfc-a721-269a01a6ccb1 (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

38% of Schoenfish’s itemized money in the 2024 cycle came from South Dakota, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.26 (standard error 0.02), from 4 donors and 889 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 34% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SD 2025–26 session)

567 roll calls. Attendance 100% (South Dakota Senate 96.6%). Party unity 54% (76%). 82 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 59 bills: 37 reached committee, 22 passed one chamber, 17 passed both, 16 became law. Cosponsored 0. 54.2% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota Senate 78.2%; rank 33 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 830: honoring Dave Bonde for exemplary service to South Dakota. (introduced, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SC830/
- HB 1311: require the reporting of funding given by certain persons and governments to institutions under the control of the Board of Regents and the South Dakota Board… (became law, 2026-03-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1311/
- SC 810: commending and honoring the Hill City School Board on its selection as the Associated School Boards of South Dakota Outstanding School Board of South Dakota… (introduced, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SC810/
- SC 811: commending and honoring Amber Vogt, a member of the Lead-Deadwood School District Board of Education, on her selection as the Associated School Boards of… (introduced, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SC811/
- SC 808: commending and honoring Richard Schlosser, a member of the Frederick Area School District Board of Education, on his twenty-five years of school board service. (introduced, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SC808/
- SC 809: commending and honoring Duane Alm for his more than sixty years of dutiful service to the Aberdeen School District as an educator, administrator, and school… (introduced, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SC809/
- SB 226: increase a limit on video lottery gaming, and to deposit moneys into a new fund. (in committee, 2026-02-19) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB226/
- SB 239: modify provisions relating to the reinvestment payment program, and relating to the purchasing of goods and services used by projects approved for the… (passed one chamber, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB239/
- SB 227: establish a minimum damage threshold for a motor vehicle total loss declaration. (passed one chamber, 2026-02-24) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB227/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $27.5K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 38% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4559/Detail
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kyle.schoenfish
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Kyle-Schoenfish-for-district-19-house-100058020519895
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-schoenfish-69363232/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/bd74c8bf-cc11-4bfc-a721-269a01a6ccb1