Bills in the 2025 Regular Session, House.
David Richter
Sponsored
Became law2
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.
AN ACT to create a committee to study special education funding during the 2025-26 interim; and to provide for a legislative management report.
Passed the House1
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.
Out of committee3
Relating to a higher education infrastructure revolving loan fund; to provide an appropriation; to provide a transfer; and to provide for a legislative management report.
A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of public instruction to address student attendance and absenteeism.
Relating to human trafficking awareness and prevention curriculum.
Co-sponsored
Became law · 16
Relating to educational and community outreach programs established by the game and fish department.
Relating to the waiver and substitution of one unit required for high school graduation under emergent circumstances.
Relating to the suspension and expulsion of kindergarten through grade twelve students.
Relating to the agriculture infrastructure grant program.
Relating to the determination of state aid, boarding care costs, the coal development trust fund, the school construction assistance revolving loan fund, public improvement construction, bonds from contractors for public improvements, and school district levies; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to virtual-currency kiosks; and to amend and reenact section 13‑09.1‑44 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to virtual-currency kiosks.
Relating to the assessment of all public school buildings.
Relating to the powers and duties of center boards and the authority of a school board to pay a first-year signing bonus for teachers; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to punishment for causing injury while operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol; and to provide a penalty.
Relating to prohibited lease provisions in a contract to lease real property.
Relating to emergency medical services personnel training.
Relating to emergency medical services response requirements.
Relating to student financial assistance grants, dual-credit tuition scholarships, and the scholars program; to amend and reenact sections 15‑10‑38.1, 15‑10‑38.2, 15‑63‑05, and 15.1‑21‑02.6 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the skilled workforce student loan repayment and scholarship programs, Native American scholarships, and the North Dakota scholarship; and to provide an appropriation.
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 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 the rights of sexual violence survivors.
Passed the House · 7
Relating to an individual income tax deduction for a segal Americorps education award; and to provide an effective date.
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 the determination of state aid.
Relating to financial planning resources for new teachers and onsite child care; and to provide for a legislative management study.
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
A BILL for an Act to provide for a legislative management study regarding the feasibility, benefits, and challenges of creating a composite mental health licensing board.
Out of committee · 9
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 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 onsite screening tests and administrative hearings for refusing to submit to a chemical test.
Relating to the determination of weighted average daily membership; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to the requirement for an educational employee to be an observer of the board of a public school.
Relating to the creation of the North Dakota student teacher scholarship program; and to provide an appropriation.
Relating to the funding of kindergarten through grade twelve school construction; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an expiration date.
Relating to lodging, compensation, and expense reimbursement.
In committee · 1
Relating to the fee for overtaking and passing a schoolbus.