Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, House.
Anna S. Novak
Sponsored
Became law9
Relating to school districts allowing students to leave campus to vote in elections.
Relating to a requirement for public school students to have the opportunity to recite the pledge of allegiance each morning and immunity for liability stemming from the recitation of the pledge of allegiance.
Relating to a partial exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax, allocation of the coal conversion facilities privilege tax and the lignite research tax, and an exemption from the coal severance tax; to repeal section 57‑60‑02.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax; to provide an effective date; to provide a contingent effective date; and to provide an expiration date.
Relating to the amount of fees for a moving violation.
Relating to operating a motor vehicle while driving privileges are suspended or revoked, the amount of statutory fees, the definition of moving violations, and entries against a driving record; and to provide a penalty.
Relating to the assessment of all public school buildings.
Relating to backup electric generation.
Relating to the impact of large energy consumers on the state's electrical grid.
Relating to the appointments, operations, and powers of the lignite research council, the powers of the industrial commission, and public record exemptions.
Out of committee1
Relating to creating a spay and neuter awareness grant program; to amend and reenact section 4.1‑41‑19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the environment and rangeland protection fund; and to provide an appropriation.
In committee1
Relating to authorization for the public service commission to regulate the siting compatibility for data centers; and to provide a penalty.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 27
Relating to discretionary special allocation hunting licenses.
Relating to the veterans' aid fund.
Relating to a sales tax exemption for fire departments; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to the one‑call excavation notice system.
Relating to cooperative purchasing contracts and cooperative purchasing for park districts pursuant to a joint powers agreement.
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 motor vehicle fuel tax, special fuels tax, and aviation fuel tax refunds for fuels purchased by fire departments; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to cardiac emergency response plans for public and nonpublic schools and athletic events.
Relating to requirements to qualify for the North Dakota scholarship.
Relating to critical minerals and rare earth minerals and royalties; to amend and reenact sections 38‑12‑01 and 47‑10‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definitions of critical minerals and rare earth minerals and descriptions and definitions of minerals in leases and conveyances; and to provide for retroactive application.
Relating to financial literacy and concepts of personal finance curriculum.
Relating to designating student applications for admission to an institution of higher education as exempt records; and to declare an emergency.
AN ACT to create a committee to study special education funding during the 2025-26 interim; and to provide for a legislative management report.
Relating to the North Dakota outdoor heritage advisory board; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to a commercial entity's liability for publishing or distributing sexual material harmful to a minor; to provide a penalty; and to provide for application.
Relating to law enforcement agency and concealed weapon test administrator certifications and firearm proficiency qualification course records; and to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 62.1‑01‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to standards for qualification in firearms training for retired officers.
AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the agriculture commissioner for a county fair resiliency grant program; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to prohibited lease provisions in a contract to lease real property.
Relating to careless driving and causing injury to the operator of an authorized emergency vehicle or damage to an authorized emergency vehicle; and to provide a penalty.
Relating to the use of supplemental feed for hunting; and to provide an expiration date.
Relating to a change in the purpose of use of a conditional or perfected water permit.
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 the membership of the clean sustainable energy authority and the clean sustainable energy fund line of credit; and to provide for a transfer.
Relating to student self-administration of asthma or anaphylaxis medication.
Relating to the powers of the board of university and school lands and leases on state lands.
Relating to strict liability and a wildfire mitigation plan of a qualified utility; and to provide for a report.
Relating to qualifications for renewable electricity and recycled energy credits; and to repeal sections 49‑02‑28, 49‑02‑29, 49‑02‑30, 49‑02‑31, 49‑02‑32, 49‑02‑33, and 49‑02‑34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state renewable and recycled energy objectives, public reporting, qualifications and applications to the statewide objectives, the purchase and retirement of renewable energy certificates to meet the objectives, verification of generation and the purchase of certificates, and economic evaluations on the use of renewable and recycled energy.
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 the creation of a North Dakota accelerated degree for high-demand occupations.
Relating to the creation of the city, county, and township road fund; to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 39‑04‑19.2, section 54‑27‑19, subsection 1 of section 57‑43.1‑02, and subsection 1 of section 57‑43.2‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle road use fee, the tax imposed on motor vehicle and special fuels, and the highway tax distribution fund; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to school closures on election days if schools are used as polling places.
Relating to financial planning resources for new teachers and onsite child care; and to provide for a legislative management study.
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 · 12
Relating to the scheduling of mitragynine as a schedule I controlled substance.
Relating to the creation of the law enforcement family scholarship program; and to provide an appropriation.
Relating to the payment of fees for courses provided by the center for distance education.
Relating to state contracts with certain companies that boycott energy, mining, and production agriculture; and to provide for application.
Relating to positive detections of chronic wasting disease.
Relating to possession of firearms or dangerous weapons at a publicly owned or operated building; and to amend and reenact section 62.1‑02‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to possession of firearms or dangerous weapons at a public gathering.
Relating to prohibiting natural asset companies; and to provide a penalty.
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.
Relating to the requirement for an educational employee to be an observer of the board of a public school.
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 a nursing and basic care facility loan guarantee program.
Relating to school meal funding for all students in public and nonpublic schools and the legacy earnings fund; and to provide an appropriation.