# Tamara Grove

Tamara Grove is a Republican member of the South Dakota Senate for district 26.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Dakota Senate, district 26
- Serving since: 2025-01-14
- Current term: SD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e195011d-04f8-4e39-a9f9-b804495b3f2c

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e195011d-04f8-4e39-a9f9-b804495b3f2c (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

Grove sits at −0.10 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 97% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.10 (standard error 0.02), from 7 donors and 300 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 3.2% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SD 2025–26 session)

567 roll calls. Attendance 99.4% (South Dakota Senate 96.6%). Party unity 79% (76%). 90 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-03-12 · voted nay · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 111 bills: 111 reached committee, 70 passed one chamber, 57 passed both, 49 became law. Cosponsored 0. 90.1% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota Senate 78.2%; rank 5 of 34).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HB 1257: amend the definition of an abortion. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1257/
- HB 1313: require education in prenatal human growth and development. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1313/
- HB 1232: establish principles for a state agency to consider when formulating or implementing a program that has the potential of affecting tribal members on a… (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1232/
- SJR 508: proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election, amendments to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, removing the lieutenant… (passed one chamber, 2026-03-04) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SJR508/
- SB 218: provide for the establishment of charter schools. (in committee, 2026-02-20) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB218/
- SB 242: make an appropriation to the Department of Education for the provision of grants to sparse school districts. (in committee, 2026-02-12) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB242/
- HB 1275: create requirements for age verification and parental consent for application stores and to provide a penalty therefor. (passed one chamber, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1275/
- SB 241: require that the Department of Revenue provide an annual report to Indian tribes regarding certain tax collections. (in committee, 2026-02-18) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB241/
- SB 206: make an appropriation to contract for a study on the length of service award programs for volunteers. (in committee, 2026-02-26) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB206/
- SB 159: revise requirements pertaining to the minimum age for marriage. (became law, 2026-03-30) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB159/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $8,950 (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://sdlegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/4716/Detail
- Campaign site: https://www.tamaragrovedistrict26.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tamaragrovedistrict26/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/senator-tamara-grove-dm-45728a21/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e195011d-04f8-4e39-a9f9-b804495b3f2c