# Jack Kolbeck

Jack Kolbeck is a Republican member of the South Dakota House for district 13.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: South Dakota House, district 13
- Serving since: 2025-02-05
- Current term: SD 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/fd692c4a-e6c1-45c1-b970-1fcdbe732cfe

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fd692c4a-e6c1-45c1-b970-1fcdbe732cfe (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

67% of the 9 bills Kolbeck sponsored got out of committee, in the bottom tenth of the South Dakota House.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.20 (standard error 0.01), from 0 donors and 1,115 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State House Republicans score lower.

## Votes (SD 2025–26 session)

656 roll calls. Attendance 99.7% (South Dakota House 96.6%). Party unity 57% (76%). 93 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/
- 2026-03-11 · voted yea · Do Pass Amended · SB 78 revise the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026. · pass · https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SB78/
- 2026-03-11 · 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/
- 2026-03-11 · 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/

## Legislation (SD 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 9 bills: 6 reached committee, 6 passed one chamber, 3 passed both, 1 became law. Cosponsored 0. 66.7% of sponsored bills got out of committee (South Dakota House 81.4%; rank 63 of 69).

Recent sponsored bills:

- HC 8013: recognizing the Agricultural Issues team of the West Central FFA chapter and celebrating their first-place victory in the state competition and their journey… (introduced, 2026-02-23) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HC8013/
- 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/
- HB 1202: authorize the construction of a trades center on the campus of Lake Area Technical College, to make an appropriation therefor, and to declare an emergency. (passed both chambers, 2026-03-02) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1202/
- HB 1118: make an appropriation for the design and construction of an addition to the existing swine wean-to-finish barn at South Dakota State University and to declare… (became law, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HB1118/
- HC 8001: recognizing National FFA week. (introduced, 2026-01-21) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/HC8001/
- SJR 501: proposing and submitting to the voters at the next general election an amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Dakota, limiting the number of… (passed one chamber, 2026-02-25) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2026/SJR501/
- HC 8013: Honoring the Sioux Falls Lincoln High School Patriots Marching Band senior class for its many accomplishments. (introduced, 2025-02-20) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2025/HC8013/
- SB 191: limit annual valuation increases on owner-occupied single-family dwellings and provide an exception for mill rate limitations on taxing districts. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2025/SB191/
- SB 132: make an appropriation for grants to support airport terminal improvement and expansion. (passed both chambers, 2025-03-03) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2025/SB132/
- HC 8029: Celebrating the wrestling career of Jackson Remmers. (introduced, 2024-03-04) https://openstates.org/sd/bills/2024/HC8029/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/fd692c4a-e6c1-45c1-b970-1fcdbe732cfe