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Votes at a glance: Assembly approves multiple appropriations, criminal penalties and infrastructure measures
Summary
The Senate passed several bills on final passage, including budget and deficiency appropriations, a cash-management board, expanded DUI penalties involving minors, and an animal-agriculture infrastructure fund; vote tallies are listed below.
On March 20, 2025, the North Dakota Senate completed final passage votes on multiple measures. The Senate recorded final tallies for several bills that passed, and for transparency the following lists each bill, the action, and the tally recorded in the transcript.
House Bill 1278 — cash management board (engrossed with Senate amendments): Final tally 45 ayes, 1 nay, 1 absent not voting. The bill creates a cash management board including two House members, two Senate members, OMB director, state treasurer, Bank of North Dakota president and the governor (or designees).
House Bill 1001 — appropriation for the governor's office (engrossed with Senate amendments): Final tally 45 ayes, 1 nay, 1 absent not voting. The bill includes salary and operating expense language and moves certain items into salaries and wages.
House Bill 1024 — deficiency appropriation bill (engrossed with Senate amendments): Final tally 45 ayes, 1 nay, 1 absent not voting. The bill covers multiple deficiency appropriations across agencies including Attorney General litigation pool, Department of Public Instruction federal authority, Department of Corrections general fund needs, and repayment authority for water infrastructure loans; the emergency clause carried.
House Bill 1205 — safe-haven baby boxes (engrossed with Senate amendments): Final tally 44 ayes, 2 nays, 1 absent not voting. (Separately covered in a dedicated article.)
House Bill 1206 — penalties for causing injury or death while driving under the influence and enhancements for minors in the vehicle: Final tally 45 ayes, 1 nay, 1 absent not voting. The bill expands covered substances beyond alcohol and sets mandatory minimum penalties and probation, fines and 24/7 sobriety program requirements for offenses.
House Concurrent Resolution 3029 — study of inpatient and community-based services related to neurological conditions and behavioral symptoms: Passed on the floor (voice vote recorded as passed); no numeric roll-call tally appears in the transcript.
Senate Bill 2177 — animal agriculture facility infrastructure fund (concurred with House amendments and passed on final passage): Final tally 46 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent not voting. The bill creates an infrastructure fund to allocate sales tax revenue associated with materials purchases for large livestock facilities and provides a continuing appropriation back to counties.
Senate Bill 2127 — Uniform Electronic Estate Planning Documents Act (concurred with House amendments and passed on final passage): Final tally 45 ayes, 1 nay, 1 absent not voting.
Senate Bill 2136 — wholesaler and brewer relations (concurred with House amendments and passed on final passage): Final tally 46 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent not voting.
These votes conclude the Senate's consideration for the items listed on this session day; the transcript records the roll-call tallies as shown above.
