State legislature
Official North Dakota bill text, status, plain English summaries, and amendment notes pulled from the Legislature's measure directory.
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This law provides money to pay for the governor's office expenses, changes laws about the salaries of the governor and lieutenant governor, creates an exemption, and requires a report.
This law provides money to pay for the Office of the Secretary of State, changes state laws about public printing and salaries, allows a transfer of funds, and creates an exemption.
This law provides money for the attorney general's office, changes rules about witness pay and travel costs, adjusts the attorney general's salary, updates fees for a sobriety program, modifies how tobacco settlement funds are handled, requires a report, allows a transfer of funds, and creates an exemption.
This law provides money to pay for the work of the state auditor and changes section 54-10-10 of the North Dakota Century Code regarding the salary of the state auditor.
This law provides money to pay for the state treasurer's office expenses and changes a rule about how much the treasurer gets paid.
This law provides money to run the Office of the Tax Commissioner, pay out specific state tax credits, change rules about the commissioner's salary, allow an exemption, and move funds between accounts.
This law provides money to pay for the costs of running the department of labor and human rights.
This law provides money to run the Public Service Commission, changes rules about commissioner salaries and fuel tax deposits, and allows loans.
This law provides money for the North Dakota agriculture commissioner's expenses, changes their salary rules in state code, allows a fund transfer, requires a report, creates an exemption, and declares an emergency.
This law provides money for the insurance commissioner, changes fees for securities services, updates the salary of the insurance commissioner, requires a new report on government self-insurance, and asks for a legislative management report.
This bill proposed to provide money for the North Dakota securities department's costs and change its fees, but it failed during a second reading in the House.
This law provides money for the Department of Health and Human Services, creates a new housing loan fund for extraordinary medical needs, and updates rules on property leases, treatment payments, child care residency, opioid oversight, and children's services.
This law provides money for state education agencies, changes how schools collect meal eligibility data, updates rules on the Superintendent's salary and cost-sharing, and includes provisions for transfers, reports, exemptions, and an effective date.
This law provides money to pay for the costs of running a project that protects and advocates for people.
This law provides money for state offices, creates a fund to fix buildings, changes rules about development funds and child care payments, removes the rule requiring county achievement days, and allows other financial actions.
This law provides money to pay for the costs of running the office of the adjutant general.
This law provides money to pay for the costs of running the game and fish department.
This law provides money to pay expenses for the North Dakota State Historical Society, changes rules about who controls the Heritage Center, allows a line of credit from the Bank of North Dakota, and declares an emergency.
This law provides money for the parks and recreation department, creates a new rule about creating and naming state parks, allows for a transfer of funds, requires a report, and grants an exemption.
This law provides money for the Department of Water Resources, creates a new fund for a water treatment plant in northwest North Dakota, changes rules about hiring lawyers and committee duties, and allows the Bank of North Dakota to offer credit.
This law provides money to pay the costs of running the workforce safety and insurance program.
This law provides money to pay for the costs of running the state's retirement and investment office.
This law provides money to pay for the costs of running the public employees retirement system.
This law provides money to cover expenses for various state departments and institutions, states the legislature's intent regarding these funds, and declares an emergency.
This law creates a study about advanced nuclear energy and provides money for the work.
This law moves control of North Dakota's state bonding fund from the Insurance Commissioner to the Office of Management and Budget.
This law moves control of North Dakota's state fire and tornado fund from the insurance commissioner to the office of management and budget.
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 48-01.2-20, subdivision f of subsection 5 of section 48-01.2-20, subsection 6 of section 48-01.2-20, section 48-01.2-22, and subsection 5 of section 54-44.7-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the selection process for construction management at-risk planning and design phase services and the procurement of architect, engineer, construction management, and land surveying services.
This law amends and reenacts section 48-10-03 of the North Dakota Century Code regarding the powers and duties of the capitol grounds planning commission.
This law changes references in North Dakota state laws so that 'drug court' is now called 'treatment court'.
This bill fixes errors, removes outdated parts, and corrects references in the state's written laws.
This law updates rules for district court jurisdiction, creates new requirements for municipal courts, changes laws about legal defense for people who cannot afford it, and removes old sections of the state code regarding ordinance violations and municipal judges.
This law creates a new section in the state code that relates to how federal and state laws apply together on military bases.
This law creates a new chapter in the North Dakota Century Code about re-establishing parental rights and responsibilities.
AN ACT to create and enact chapter 43-41.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to adoption of the social work licensure compact.
This bill proposed creating a new division for apprenticeships within the state labor department, setting aside money for it, and requiring a report.
A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the agriculture commissioner, the attorney general, the department of career and technical education, the department of health and human services, and the department of transportation to increase the use of uncrewed aircraft systems, autonomous vehicles, or other autonomous technologies in the state; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide for a legislative management report.
This law gives money to the Department of Commerce for a state radar data pathfinder program and requires them to submit a report.
This law changes a rule in North Dakota about which licensed professionals are eligible for the physician health program.
This law changes the rules about who can get help paying for water when a drought hurts livestock farms.
This law changes section 61-16.1-53 of the North Dakota Century Code regarding the removal of dikes, dams, or other devices that do not meet legal requirements.
This law changes section 61-04-14 of the North Dakota Century Code to extend the time allowed for applying water to a beneficial use.
This law changes section 61-02-08 of the North Dakota Century Code regarding the vice chairman of the state water commission.
This law changes section 31-13-04 of the North Dakota Century Code regarding deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) testing, sampling, and procedure.
AN ACT to create and enact two new subsections to section 43-30-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to application fees for a non-live remote or online classroom instruction course for apprentice security officers and renewal and late fees for all nonlicensed officers and owners of at least a ten percent interest in a private security or detective agency.
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 54-66-04.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to ethics commission advisory opinions.
This law adds a new section to North Dakota state laws about juror counseling.
This law updates section 14-09.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, which deals with mediation agreements.
This law updates the rules for getting a license, using temporary licenses, and investigating complaints against speech-language pathology assistants.
This bill proposed amending a state law about agreements between the director and police agencies regarding license plate readers, but it did not pass.
This law changes a specific rule in North Dakota state code about how money is handled for roads.
This bill proposed amending section 39-13-09 of the North Dakota Century Code regarding tourist-oriented directional signs, but it failed to pass.
This law changes the section of North Dakota state code that relates to the length of roads in the state highway system.
A BILL for an Act to create and enact section 24-01-12.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to sponsorship agreements for highway related services within highway right of way.
This law removes section 39-21-35 from the North Dakota Century Code, which related to regulating hydraulic brake fluid.
This law changes section 24-02-02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code regarding the development of a bridge at Lake Oahe.
This bill proposed amending section 15-01-02 of the North Dakota Century Code regarding the powers of the board of university and school lands, but it failed to pass.
This law creates a new chapter of state rules to regulate aboveground storage tanks, updates how the Department of Environmental Quality handles tank registration fees, and sets penalties.
This bill proposed amending a specific section of the North Dakota Century Code regarding sentencing alternatives, but it failed to pass in the House.
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 65-01-15, 65-01-15.1, and 65-01-15.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the presumption of compensability for correctional officers.