RepublicanIn office since Nov 2016

Tim R Goodwin

South Dakota State Representative, District 30 since 2016. Ran in 4 elections between 2016 and 2024, winning 4. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

South Dakota State Representative, District 30Born 1955

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 9 yrs; Since 2016
Bills became law: 90; 185 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 7.8%; Chamber median 0.8%
With party: 77%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: −1.8; Won 2026
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Military and Veterans Affairs · chair
Agriculture and Natural Resources
Transportation

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 185 sponsored · 90 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HB 1082 establish parameters for the reimbursement of school districts that provide free or reduced-price meals to…
Education · Became law Mar 2026

HB 1215 authorize counties and municipalities to issue a license for a cigar bar.
Administrative Procedure · Became law Mar 2026

SB 204 revise certain criteria for loans from the South Dakota housing infrastructure fund.
Fund · Became law Mar 2026

SB 89 create a task force to study the provision of emergency medical services as an essential service and the…
Emergency Medical Services · Became law Mar 2026

SB 132 modify provisions related to the South Dakota Veterans Council.
State Affairs and Government · Became law Mar 2026

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Goodwin sits in the South Dakota House of Representatives

Goodwin is closer to the center than 50% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Mary Fitzgerald, Greg Jamison, Scott Moore

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 5:01 PM ET

With Goodwin’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans77%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the South Dakota House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Goodwin’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	Goodwin	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
Mar 30, 2026	HB 1138: require the licensure of non-medical home care agencies, and to provide a penalty therefor.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Failed 36–27
Mar 30, 2026	HB 1077: consider a cultivated-protein food product to be adulterated food.	Yes	Yes	No	Failed 32–32
Mar 9, 2026	SB 245: create the homeowner property tax reduction fund, and to transfer moneys to the homeowner…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 42–27
Mar 5, 2026	SB 159: revise requirements pertaining to the minimum age for marriage.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Passed 40–27
Mar 5, 2026	SB 179: permit a court to commit a juvenile adjudicated delinquent for certain weapons offenses to…	Yes	Yes	No	Passed 42–25

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Goodwin was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025202620272028South Dakota House of Representatives, District 30 South Dakota House of Representatives, District 30

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2026	South Dakota House of Representatives, District 30	Won	D+1.8	R+46.6	−48.4
2024	South Dakota House of Representatives, District 30	Won	R+1.6	R+46.6	−45.0
2020	South Dakota House of Representatives, District 30	Won	D+1.4	—	—
2018	South Dakota House of Representatives, District 30	Won	R+1.3	—	—
2016	South Dakota House of Representatives, District 30	Won	R+0.6	—	—