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Votes at a glance: Key Senate actions on Feb. 20, 2025
Summary
Summary of final roll-call outcomes for bills considered on the Senate floor during the Feb. 20 session, including vote tallies and brief descriptions.
The North Dakota Senate completed final votes on a range of bills on Feb. 20, 2025. Below are the final outcomes and tallies for bills that received final passage without extended floor debate in this transcript excerpt.
- SB 23-84 (amend gaming device maintenance; eliminate dog racing): Passed 24–23. Sponsors said bill allows manufacturer-charity communication and phases out dog racing activity as currently routed through state wagering accounts.
- SB 23-52 (authorization for children of inmates to reside at Heart River Correctional Center): Passed 28–18. Sponsor described a planned nursery program inside the secure perimeter of the new women's facility and cited research favoring mother–child programs.
- SB 23-99 (reimbursement of psychiatric residential treatment facilities via medical assistance): Passed 45–2. Sponsor described PRTF reimbursement changes; fiscal note showed $2,100,000 impact.
- SB 23-32 (legislative management study of grant funding for emergency services/public safety — changed from fund to study): Passed 47–0.
- SB 22-47 (streamline vehicle title process for abandoned vehicles): Passed 47–0.
- SB 20-19 (appropriation for Department of Career and Technical Education): Passed 47–0.
- SB 23-51 (notification requirements for annexation of property to a school district): Passed 45–2.
- SB 22-69 (recall elections for city governing bodies — changes to signatures and cancellation provisions): Passed 46–1.
- SB 2,001 (legislative branch appropriations and related matters): Passed 44–3; emergency clause carries.
This list is a concise roll-call summary; separate articles cover bills with extended floor debate (for example SB 2307 on library explicit-material policy; SB 21-29 on veterinary practice; SB 21-04 on superintendent compliance reviews; SB 23-30 on human-trafficking education; SB 21-05 on student surveys; SB 22-41 on charter schools; SB 23-17 township zoning).
