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Votes at a glance: key bills and resolutions acted on by the North Dakota House (March 18, 2025)
Summary
The House finalized dozens of measures on March 18; this roundup lists key bills and their outcomes, including floor tallies and brief descriptions of purpose.
The North Dakota House on March 18 considered a broad slate of bills and resolutions. Below are key measures acted on during the day's session with final House outcomes and recorded vote tallies.
- Senate Bill 2157 (legislative-management study on farm safety insurance discount program): Final passage — 86 yea, 7 nay. Committee recommended due pass; bill directs study during the 2025-26 interim on whether safety training could provide insurance premium discounts.
- Senate Bill 2140 (dementia care services program language cleanup and statewide expansion): Final passage — 93 yea, 0 nay. Committee reported unanimous due-pass; changes clarify client definitions, expand area served statewide, and require information-sharing to first responders and public-health officials.
- Senate Bill 2088 (insurance data security requirements for producers — amendments to reporting/confidentiality and small-licensee provisions): Final passage — 93 yea, 0 nay. Industry Business and Labor Committee recommended due pass; sponsors said the bill aligns state law with national model and strengthens reporting requirements.
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 4013 (oppose National Popular Vote Interstate Compact / invite interested states to form opposing compact): Final passage — 82 yea, 11 nay. Finance and Taxation Committee recommended due pass; sponsors described the resolution as protecting the Electoral College and inviting other states to coordinate opposition.
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 4020 (consent calendar item) and multiple consent-calendar bills: Approved by voice or recorded votes on the consent calendar; example consent vote recorded at 91 yea, 2 nay for final passage of due-pass bills on the consent calendar.
- Senate Bill 2290 (amendments related to exemplary damages / malice definition and awarding exemplary damages): Final passage — 88 yea, 5 nay. Judiciary Committee recommended due pass; sponsor cited victim testimony to argue for closing statutory loopholes.
- Senate Bill 2084 (adjust state travel-lodging reimbursement and mileage rates): Final passage — 72 yea, 21 nay. Appropriations Committee reported fiscal notes for biennia; bill raises lodging allowance to match federal GSA rates and adjusts mileage for some out-of-area employees.
- Multiple House bills returned from the Senate with amendments were concurred with by the House and then passed on final reading, including House Bill 1118 (temporary registration display; final passage 92 yea, 1 nay), House Bill 1238 (lifetime teaching license reporting changes; final passage 87 yea, 4 nay), House Bill 1131 (raw milk sales alignment; final passage 87 yea, 5 nay), House Bill 1543 (legislative study on prescription drug pricing to align with federal maximum fair price; final passage 89 yea, 4 nay), House Bill 1554/1551/others — concurrence and final passage recorded for multiple items with vote tallies on the floor as listed in the record.
What it means: Many bills on the day's calendar were technical, statutory updates or committee-driven adjustments (concurrences) that the House approved. A smaller group of measures drew extended debate (notably constitutional amendment SCR 4007 and Senate Bill 2193, which failed). The passed measures will proceed through the remaining steps of the legislative process (enrollment and transmittal to the governor, or placement on the ballot for constitutional changes).
