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Students, lawmakers push Knife River Flint as North Dakota’s official state rock; committee advances bill
Summary
House Bill 1186, sponsored by Representative Dan Vollmer, received a due-pass recommendation after students, college instructors and a senator testified in support of designating Knife River Flint as the state rock; the committee voted 13-0 to advance the bill.
House Bill 1186, which would designate Knife River Flint as North Dakota’s official state rock, was advanced out of the Political Subdivision Committee by a unanimous 13-0 vote after students from Bottineau Public School, their instructors and supporting legislators testified in favor.
“For the record, my name is David Cawley. I’m a 5th-grade teacher at Bottineau Elementary School,” teacher David Cauley told the committee, describing a student-led election in…
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