# Drew Peterson

Drew Peterson is a Republican member of the South Dakota House for district 19.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Dakota House, district 19
- Serving since: 2023-01-10
- Current term: SD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/ce0a6958-a2d1-4e9e-ab06-943bc84a271a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ce0a6958-a2d1-4e9e-ab06-943bc84a271a (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

Peterson reported $49.1K in the 2024 cycle, in the top quarter of State House Republicans (median $10.7K).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.25 (standard error 0.02), from 98 donors and 590 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 33% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SD 2025–26 session)

638 roll calls. Attendance 97.0% (South Dakota House 96.6%). Party unity 53% (76%). 91 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 35 bills: 28 reached committee, 22 passed one chamber, 20 passed both, 15 became law. Cosponsored 0. 77.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota House 81.4%; rank 47 of 69).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HC 8020: honoring the life of Dale Weber, longtime president of the South Dakota Amateur Baseball Association. (introduced, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HC8020/
- 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/
- HC 8010: honoring James Hanssen, a member of the Bridgewater-Emery School District Board of Education, on his forty years of school board service. (introduced, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HC8010/
- 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 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/
- SB 210: provide that a portion of revenues from wind farms remain with school districts. (in committee, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB210/
- HC 8006: recognizing February as National Career and Technical Education and National Career and Technical Student Organizations Month. (introduced, 2026-02-03) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HC8006/
- SC 802: celebrating and honoring Tabor Czech Days annual festivities on the occasion of its seventy-seventh anniversary. (introduced, 2026-01-29) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SC802/
- SCR 607: supporting congressional authorization for, and federal participation in, major rural water supply projects identified by the South Dakota Association of… (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SCR607/
- HB 1147: make an appropriation for the purchase and distribution of food by a statewide distribution organization. (in committee, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1147/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $49.1K (State House Republicans median $10.7K). 70% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4544/Detail
- Campaign site: https://www.drewpetersonforsd.com/
- Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/DrewPetersonForDistrict19/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drewpeterson605/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/ce0a6958-a2d1-4e9e-ab06-943bc84a271a