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Mellissa Heermann

State House · District 07

Mellissa Heermann

67%House

Pro-resident voting record on data center bills

Sided with residents on 67% of votes across 11 data center bills.

Note

Received PAC contributions from South Dakota Public Power PAC. Several energy companies lobbied in Pierre for tax breaks for data centers this past legislative session.

Voting record

On 2026-session data center bills · House record

HB 1038Voted For

allow the Public Utilities Commission to assess actual costs to data centers that are customers of public utilities.

HB 1246Voted Against

prohibit nondisclosure of certain agreements related to data centers.

SB 135Voted For

protect residents from increased utility costs and utility shortages caused by data centers and clarify authority to regulate data centers.

Campaign money

Money is a signal, never a position. A flag below means a donor matched a category. It is not a finding that anything improper happened.

$19,053in reported receipts

Heermann for District 7

Flagged contributions to their own committee

  • CThe PAC funnel$500
Flagged total$500

Flagged donors, largest first

  • Dusty PAC $500
Every itemised contribution on file (31)
Action Committee South Dakota Realtors PoliticalC$2,000
(UNITEMIZED - gifts of $100 or less)$1,265
SD Ag Leaders PACC$1,000
SD Educators Political Involvement$1,000
John And Jane Michael$1,000
Maynard Ortegren$1,000
Maynard Ortegren$1,000
John And Jane Michael$1,000
Roger Allmand$1,000
John And Jane Michael$1,000
Contractors PAC of South Dakota P. O. BoxC$550
Contribution Statement you received from the entity. The Council of State Governments$500
House GOP PACC$500
SD Bankers PACC$500
Committee (EPIC) South Dakota State Medical Association Political ActionC$500
South Dakota Association Of Healthcare Organizations Political$350
Dusty PACC$250
South Dakota Dental Association$250
PAC Dusty PACC$250
Committee South Dakota Retailers AssociationC$250
PAC Soy PACC$250
Maypac$250
South Dakota Pork Producers PACC$250
Action Committee South Dakota Public Power PACC$250
COTEL$250
NAME NOT RECOVERED - out-of-state PACC$200
South Dakota Farm Bureau PACC$200
information below. Brookings County Republicans$200
SD Petroleum and Propane$100
Tourism Coalition of South Dakota$100
(UNITEMIZED - gifts of $100 or less)$52

Collected via manual pull (verified). Contributor names appear exactly as the committee filed them. Donor addresses are not published.

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