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Votes at a glance: Key Senate floor actions and final tallies
Summary
A roundup of amendments, bills, and motions acted on during the North Dakota Senate floor session, with outcomes and vote tallies where recorded.
The North Dakota Senate acted on multiple amendments and bills on the floor. Below are the key final actions, the recorded outcomes from the transcript, and short summaries of each item.
- Amendment to Senate Bill 2188 (clean sustainable energy authority line-of-credit typographical correction). Outcome: amendment adopted (voice vote). Summary: Sponsor, Senator Patton, said a typographical error had listed $1,000,000,000 instead of the requested $100,000,000; natural resources committee recommended a due pass 7-0.
- Amendment to Senate Bill 2175 (post-election audit clarification). Outcome: amendment adopted (voice vote). Summary: Sponsor, Senator Brownberger, said the amendment clarifies the bill applies to statewide primary, general and special elections, not local or school elections; state and local government committee voted unanimously.
- Amendments to Senate Bill 2027 (floodplain and township-county authorities). Outcome: amendment adopted (voice vote). Summary: Senator Barto said the changes prevent counties from requiring townships to convey additional authority in exchange for written agreements and extended a date from March 31 to April 30; committee to present full bill on second reading.
- Amendment to Senate Bill 2089 (insurance department confidentiality). Outcome: amendment adopted (voice vote). Summary: Senator Boehm said the amendment protects confidentiality of documents and clarifies that disclosure to the insurance commissioner does not waive privilege.
- Final passage of Senate Bill 2092 (life settlement producer licensing and reporting changes). Outcome: passed, 47-0. Summary: Sponsor, Senator Kessel, said the bill extends renewal deadlines for certain licenses issued between May 1, 2024, and July 31, 2024, until April 30, 2026, and aligns terms of provider and broker licenses with domestic company licenses.
- Final passage of Senate Bill 2070 (rights of health care facility residents). Outcome: passed, 47-0. Summary: Sponsor, Senator Rohrs, said the bill updates the long-term care resident bill of rights in coordination with the long-term care ombudsman, Health and Human Services, and the long-term care association; changes include clarifications on recording versus communication devices, protection against being charged extra fees, discharge and retaliation protections, and financial safeguards.
- Final passage of Senate Bill 2139 (livestock brand recording fee increase). Outcome: passed, 43-4. Summary: Sponsor, Senator Weber, said the bill raises the fee for recording a brand from $25 to $50 and the fee lasts five years; committee recommended due pass 6-0.
- Final passage of Senate Bill 2168 (hunting near buildings—restriction). Outcome: failed, 5-42. Summary: Sponsor, Senator Inghith, said the bill would have restricted hunting within 440 yards of many buildings; the Energy and Natural Resources Committee recommended do not pass, citing property-rights concerns.
- Final passage of Senate Bill 2198 (National Guard or federal service leave for state employees). Outcome: passed, 47-0. Summary: Sponsor, Senator Baucher, said the bill removes a 90-day waiting period so new state employees can access paid leave for military service during the first 90 days of employment when deployed.
- Final passage of Senate Bill 2197 (deer hunting with a crossbow for citizens 75 and older). Outcome: failed, 15-32. Summary: Sponsor, Senator Van Oosting, said the committee gave a do-not-pass, noting age alone does not indicate handicap and hunters can apply for handicap crossbow permits with medical documentation.
- Senate Bill 2201 (primary residence credit—trusts and language fix). Outcome: floor amendment adopted; final passage of SB 2201 as amended, passed 47-0; emergency clause carries. Summary: Sponsor, Senator Weber, moved a technical floor amendment to restore a word removed during prior amendments so trust-held homes qualify for the $500 primary residence credit as intended; Appropriations gave a due pass.
- Senate Concurrent Resolution 4002 (urging Congress to allow landowners to terminate perpetual easements owned by U.S. Fish and Wildlife). Outcome: adopted by voice vote. Summary: Sponsor, Senator Weston, said some easements were purchased for nominal payments in the 1950s–1960s and landowners should have the option to buy back easements; debate included questions about what a buyback price would be, and Senator Mather urged a no vote saying present-day market value would be fairer.
Several floor amendments discussed early in the session were adopted without recorded roll-call tallies; the transcript records voice votes for those. The secretary opened the voting key for bills on final passage and recorded roll-call tallies where required; those recorded tallies are listed above.
