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James D. Wangsness

James D. Wangsness

State Representative
HD-023
Republican
F
42%
Freedom Score
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Session Voting Records

Reports

2023-2024 Sessions

South Dakota: House
Score: 42

Airport Grants

Appropriates $10,000,000 from the general fund to the Aeronautics Commission for grants aimed at enhancing airport terminal infrastructure projects, including airport expansion.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes Annual cost per household: -$28.00
SB144 Roll Call 1404178

Pipeline Easements

Forces landowners to grant a right-of-way for carbon dioxide pipelines, putting their property at risk, disguising it as "property rights."
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
HB1186 Roll Call 1404395

Carbon-Capture Pipeline

Facilitates the construction of carbon-capture pipelines that threaten property rights, permits state authorities to override local ordinances regulating the pipelines for safety or economic reasons, and fails to impose restrictions on eminent domain.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
SB201 Roll Call 1404416

Prohibit Drag Shows on Campus

Prohibits the Board of Regents or any institution under its control from using state resources for drag shows or other "obscene live conduct" on college campuses.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
HB1178 Roll Call 1399237

Prohibit Guaranteed Income Programs

Prohibits counties, townships, and municipalities in South Dakota from establishing ordinances, orders, or rules that implement a guaranteed income program.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
SB115 Roll Call 1395464

Reject Eminent Domain

Prohibits companies from using eminent domain to construct pipelines primarily for transporting carbon oxide for geological storage or sequestration.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes Vote Cast: No
HB1219 Roll Call 1389185

Prohibiting Ranked-Choice Voting

Prevents the State Board of Elections from authorizing and a political subdivision from establishing a system of ranked-choice voting.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
SB55 Roll Call 1265921

Criminal Immunity for Women Who Have Abortions

Provides that that a female who undergoes an unlawful abortion may not be held criminally liable.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
HB1220 Roll Call 1257198

Conscience Exemption from COVID-19 Vaccination

Declares that a person has the right to be exempt from any COVID-19 vaccination mandate on the basis of conscience.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes Vote Cast: No
HB1235 Roll Call 1253626

“Electronic Money” in the Uniform Commercial Code

Would adopt a new definition of "electronic money" in the Uniform Commercial Code.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: No Vote Cast: Yes
HB1193 Roll Call 1249899

Banning Eminent Domain for Carbon Capture Pipelines

Defines a commodity for the purpose of qualifying as a common carrier.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
HB1133 Roll Call 1246842

Protecting Minors from Sex Mutilation

Prohibits certain medical and surgical interventions on minor patients, including puberty blockers and gender affirmation surgeries.
Read More Pro-Freedom Vote: Yes Vote Cast: Yes
HB1080 Roll Call 1241075
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