Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, Senate.
Brad Bekkedahl
Sponsored
Became law5
Relating to the attorney recruitment and retention program.
Relating to employee participation in the public employees retirement system; to provide for retroactive application; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to diagnostic imaging by physical therapists.
Relating to oil and gas gross production tax allocations and the state share of oil and gas tax allocations; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide an exemption; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to a county home rule charter and city home rule charter conforming with statute or court order; and to amend and reenact sections 11‑09.1‑06 and 40‑05.1‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the amendment or repeal of a county and city home rule charter.
Passed the Senate1
A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for a housing for opportunity, mobility, and empowerment program; to provide for a legislative management report; and to declare an emergency.
Out of committee1
Relating to a legacy earnings fund; to amend and reenact section 6‑09.4‑10.1, subsection 1 of section 21‑10‑06, and section 54‑27‑19.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to funds invested by the state investment board; to repeal sections 21‑10‑12 and 21‑10‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to legacy fund definitions and a legacy earnings fund; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 25
AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of commerce for a state radar data pathfinder program; to provide for a report; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to designating the bridge on state highway 22 in Dickinson as the Specialist Jon P. Fettig Iraq bridge; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to educational and community outreach programs established by the game and fish department.
Relating to a legacy earnings fund, a legacy property tax relief fund, a primary residence certification, and a limitation on property tax levies without voter approval; to amend and reenact section 6‑09.4‑10.1, subsection 1 of section 21‑10‑06, sections 40‑40‑06, 54‑27‑19.3, and 57‑02‑01, subdivision b of subsection 2 of section 57‑02‑08.1, section 57‑02‑08.8, section 57‑02‑08.9 as amended by section 1 of Senate Bill No. 2201, as approved by the sixty-ninth legislative assembly, sections 57‑02‑08.10, 57‑02‑27, 57‑02‑27.1, 57‑02‑53, 57‑09‑04, 57‑11‑03, 57‑12‑06, 57‑15‑02.2, 57‑15‑14.2, and 57‑20‑07.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to funds invested by the state investment board, property tax definitions, the renters refund, the property tax credit for disabled veterans, the primary residence credit, property classifications, assessment and budget hearing notices to property owners, school district levies, and the property tax statement; to repeal sections 21‑10‑12 and 21‑10‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to legacy fund definitions and the legacy earnings fund; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide an appropriation; to provide an exemption; to provide an effective date; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to the powers and duties of the emergency commission and budget section; to repeal sections 54‑16‑04.2, 54‑16‑08, and 54‑16‑11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers and duties of the emergency commission; and to provide an appropriation.
Relating to the management of moneys in the state treasury and a cash management board; to provide a report; and to provide an expiration date.
Relating to a determination by the department of health and human services of an individual's military status in child abuse and neglect assessments.
Relating to the creation of a legislative task force on government efficiency; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to method of dental payment options in preferred provider arrangements.
Relating to dental insurer rate requirements and reporting; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to dental and oral health care status among Medicaid recipients and workforce support to improve access for low-income children, Native American children, and individuals with disabilities.
Special Session - Jan 2026 · Relating to application of the primary residence credit and discount for early payment of tax; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to revenue deposited in the state energy research center fund; to provide for a continuing appropriation; and to provide an expiration date.
Relating to gratis antelope licenses.
Relating to health insurance benefits coverage provided by the uniform group insurance program; to provide an appropriation; to provide for a statement of legislative intent; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to the primary residence credit; to provide for application; to provide a retroactive effective date; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to a pilot program to provide grants to schools that provide instruction in a foreign language to students in kindergarten through grade three; and to provide an appropriation.
Relating to prior authorization for health insurance; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to the maintenance or vacating of streets and alleys in a dissolved city and the care of property in a dissolved city; and to amend and reenact section 40‑53.1‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to dissolution, care of property, management, and disposition of funds in a dissolved city.
Relating to strict liability and a wildfire mitigation plan of a qualified utility; and to provide for a report.
AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study to evaluate the evolving fire service operational and response needs of the state.
Relating to regional education associations.
Relating to joint negotiations by dental providers with dental insurers.
Relating to preferred provider arrangements and restrictions on dental care services.
Special Session - Sep 2026 · Relating to jurisdiction of the heritage center; to repeal subsection 3 of section 6 of chapter 17 of the 2025 Session Laws, relating to a donation pledge requirement to access funding from the strategic investment and improvements fund; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to authorize a line of credit; to provide for a report; and to provide an effective date.
Passed the House · 6
Relating to the option for a school district to reduce its local contribution deduction in the school state aid formula by the percentage of the local contribution which comes from in lieu of revenue.
Relating to funding for newly created full‑time equivalent positions at institutions under the control of the state board of higher education.
Relating to compensation for veterans' benefits; and to provide a penalty.
Relating to the determination of state aid.
Relating to annually reconvened sessions of the legislative assembly; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.
Special Session - Jan 2026 · Relating to offering school breakfast and lunch at no cost and the school meals fund; to provide an appropriation; to provide for a transfer; and to provide an effective date.
Out of committee · 11
Relating to parental rights and responsibilities; and to provide for application.
A BILL for an Act to provide appropriations to the attorney general, the department of career and technical education, the department of health and human services, and the agriculture commissioner for autonomous technology grants; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide a report.
Relating to a housing development loan fund; to provide an appropriation; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide for a transfer; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to speeding violations, city fines, and nonpayment of fines; and to provide a penalty.
Relating to a legacy earnings fund; to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 21‑10‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to funds invested by the state investment board; to repeal sections 21‑10‑12 and 21‑10‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to legacy fund definitions and a legacy earnings fund; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to placing the name of a candidate on the primary election ballot; and to repeal sections 16.1‑11‑05.1, 16.1‑11‑09, and 16.1‑11‑36 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to party organization endorsements, certificates of endorsement, and the minimum vote required at a primary election for nomination.
Relating to the creation of the North Dakota student teacher scholarship program; and to provide an appropriation.
Relating to limitations on taxable valuation of residential property; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to the creation of a tobacco tax distribution behavioral health fund and the collection, transfer, and report of a tax on electronic smoking devices and alternative tobacco products; to amend and reenact sections 57‑36‑01, 57‑36‑25, 57‑36‑26, 57‑36‑31, and 57‑36‑32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the tax imposed on cigarettes and other tobacco products; to provide a penalty; and to provide an effective date.
A BILL for an Act to provide for a legislative management study of the oil and gas tax revenue allocation formulas.
Relating to the state share of oil and gas tax revenue allocations, the municipal infrastructure fund, and the county and township infrastructure fund.