# John Shubeck

John Shubeck is a Republican member of the South Dakota House for district 16.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Dakota House, district 16
- Serving since: 2025-09-17
- Current term: SD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/de36e5d9-b079-4778-bd29-2d7a161488f6

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/de36e5d9-b079-4778-bd29-2d7a161488f6 (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

Shubeck sits at −0.01 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 96% of State House Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.01 (standard error 0.02), from 0 donors and 157 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 4.3% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SD 2025–26 session)

324 roll calls. Attendance 100% (South Dakota House 96.6%). Party unity 91.5% (76%). 34 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 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 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 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 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 29 bills: 25 reached committee, 15 passed one chamber, 11 passed both, 11 became law. Cosponsored 0. 69.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota House 81.4%; rank 59 of 69).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SC 824: honoring the 2025-2026 Canton C-Hawks boys wrestling team. (introduced, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SC824/
- SC 819: honoring the 2025-2026 Canton C-Hawk girls wrestling team. (introduced, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SC819/
- SC 823: honoring the achievements of Canton C-Hawks wrestling team coach Jeremy Ask. (introduced, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SC823/
- SC 817: honoring the 2025-2026 Canton C-Hawk girls wrestling team. (introduced, 2026-03-03) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SC817/
- SB 110: regulate how broadband internet access service providers use customer data. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB110/
- 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/
- HB 1310: make an appropriation for providing loans to custom exempt plants and slaughtering establishments. (in committee, 2026-02-10) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1310/
- HB 1269: require that manufacturers of agricultural equipment allow an independent repair provider or an owner to make certain repairs to agricultural equipment. (in committee, 2026-02-17) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1269/
- 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/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/de36e5d9-b079-4778-bd29-2d7a161488f6
