Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, House.
Jim Jonas
Sponsored
Became law4
Relating to a North Dakota scholarship for students interested in a teaching career; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to a school district's virtual learning policies.
Relating to the use of personal electronic devices during instructional time.
Relating to the suspension and expulsion of kindergarten through grade twelve students.
Out of committee5
A BILL for an Act to provide an exemption to continue free school meal funding for qualified delinquent meal debt and to provide for a legislative management report.
Relating to a legacy fund school construction assistance loan fund; to amend and reenact section 21‑10‑11, relating to the legacy and budget stabilization fund advisory board; and to provide a continuing appropriation.
Relating to school counselor position requirements.
Relating to the determination of weighted average daily membership; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to the creation of the North Dakota student teacher scholarship program; and to provide an appropriation.
In committee3
Relating to the fee for overtaking and passing a schoolbus.
Relating to criminal history record checks.
Relating to the suspension and expulsion of kindergarten through grade twelve students.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 19
AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of transportation for nonfixed route transit program grants.
Relating to whole, two percent, and flavored milk served in schools.
Relating to the preservation of records by county superintendents of schools.
Relating to the board of directors of the Lake Agassiz water authority.
Relating to false information or false reports to law enforcement; and to provide a penalty.
Relating to transportation weighted student unit equivalents; to amend and reenact sections 15.1‑31‑05 and 15.1‑27‑31.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to open enrollment transportation; to repeal sections 15.1‑27‑26.1, 15.1‑27‑27.1, 15.1‑27‑28.1, 15.1‑27‑30.1, and 15.1‑27‑31.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to payments for school district transportation of students, special education students, and career and technical education students, the distribution of transportation payments in the event of school district closure, and state transportation payments to school districts; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to the reporting requirements for a lifetime teaching license.
Relating to the amount of fees for a moving violation.
Relating to delinquency referrals to juvenile court.
Relating to mandatory minimum sentences for human trafficking offenders; and to provide a penalty.
Relating to cardiac emergency response plans for public and nonpublic schools and athletic events.
Relating to the publication of an abstract of annual statement.
Relating to age requirements for an approved four‑year old program; and eligibility for the best in class program.
AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study on the circumstances and needs of special education teachers and the related special education teacher shortage.
AN ACT to create a committee to study special education funding during the 2025-26 interim; and to provide for a legislative management report.
AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the agriculture commissioner for a county fair resiliency grant program; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to the definition of a children's advocacy center and the confidentiality of communications and records in the possession of a children's advocacy center.
Relating to mathematics curriculum, professional development, screening and intervention, related administrative rules and reporting requirements, and mathematics instructor competency; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide for a department of public instruction mathematics screening pilot program; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to the accreditation of schools.
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 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 c of subsection 1 of section 57‑02‑08.1, 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 homestead tax credit and 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 a statement of legislative intent; to provide for a legislative management study, to provide an appropriation; to provide an effective date; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency.
A BILL for an Act to provide for a legislative management study regarding paid time off for the faculty at an institution of higher education.
Relating to school closures on election days if schools are used as polling places.
Relating to restitution for the child of a victim of criminal vehicular homicide and conditions of probation; to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 12.1‑32‑06.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the extension of probation; to provide a penalty; and to provide for application.
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.
Passed the Senate · 1
Relating to the certification and sale of assistance animals; to amend and reenact section 25‑13‑01.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to definitions associated with assistance animals; and to provide a penalty.
Out of committee · 12
Relating to requiring vendors to provide physical copies of tickets upon request.
Relating to the payment of fees for courses provided by the center for distance education.
A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the parks and recreation department for a walking trail recreation grant.
A BILL for an Act to provide for state employee compensation adjustments and to provide for an appropriation and transfer to the teachers' fund for retirement for cost-of-living adjustments.
Relating to the duration of a student's school lunch break.
Relating to onsite screening tests and administrative hearings for refusing to submit to a chemical test.
Relating to providing breakfast and lunch to all students of participating entities, including school districts, nonpublic schools, and tribal schools, at no cost to the student.
A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of public instruction for a passthrough grant for a science museum construction project.
A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of public instruction to implement a Native American history curriculum; and to provide for a legislative management report.
Relating to limitations on taxable valuation of residential property; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to the funding of kindergarten through grade twelve school construction; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an expiration date.
Relating to reporting the value of prizes distributed by an organization using a permit to conduct raffles, bingo, sports pools, paddlewheels, twenty‑one, and poker.