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Votes at a glance: North Dakota House passes a package of agency and policy bills, defeats procurement and gaming measures
Summary
On March 10 the House passed a slate of Senate bills including insurance producer updates, firefighter death benefits, and transportation and agriculture measures, while rejecting bills to change bid‑notice publication requirements and to restrict locations for charitable gaming.
The North Dakota House cleared a series of Senate bills on March 10 and recorded final outcomes on several contested measures.
Notable floor votes and outcomes:
- Senate Bill 21 25 (insurance producer updates — electronic mailing addresses and licensing changes): passed, 91–2. Committee: Industry, Business and Labor (due pass).
- Senate Bill 21 35 (firefighters death benefits fund, increase from $10,000 to $25,000): passed, 93–0. Committee: Industry, Business and Labor (due pass).
- Senate Bill 21 64 (North Dakota Protection and Advocacy Project confidentiality/ disclosure changes): passed, 93–0. Committee: Human Services (due pass).
- Senate Bill 20 79 (mental health professional tier changes to expand workforce flexibility): passed, 93–0. Committee: Human Services (due pass).
- Senate Bill 20 40 (genetic counselors authorized to order genetic testing; licensure exam updates): passed, 91–2. Committee: Human Services (due pass).
- Senate Bill 20 68 (rail service assistance; PSC/DOT process clarification): passed, 93–0. Committee: Transportation (due pass).
- Senate Bill 20 62 (remove county newspaper bid‑notice requirement): failed, 4–89. Committee: Transportation (do not pass).
- Senate Bill 20 61 (authority for DOT director to designate certain railroad crossings exempt): passed, 93–0. Committee: Transportation (due pass).
- Senate Bill 20 87 (premises identification program cleanup): passed, 93–0. Committee: Agriculture (due pass).
- Senate Bill 20 85 (authorize ND Agriculture Commissioner participation in U.S. Swine Health Improvement Plan — US SHIP): passed, 93–0; sponsor said federal funding covers the program and no state appropriation was needed.
- Senate Bill 22 77 (designate State Highway 200 as North Dakota Fallen Peace Officers Memorial Highway): passed, 93–0.
- Senate Bill 22 87 (remove video auction market representative licensing requirement): passed, 93–0.
- Senate Bill 23 71 (remove requirement to signal when exiting a roundabout): passed, 91–2.
- Senate Bill 20 54 (add recipients of public assistance/childcare assistance to master jury list): failed, 25–67; Judiciary Committee had recommended do not pass (7–6) citing confidentiality and transparency concerns.
- Senate Bill 22 42 (legislative study of higher education institutions): passed, 89–4.
- Senate Bill 21 22 (Uniform Commercial Real Estate Receivership Act adoption): passed, 93–0.
Procedural actions: Representative Bosch moved to lay over Senate Bill 20 86 one legislative day (motion carried). Representative Bosch also moved to set orders and adjourn the House until 1 PM on March 11, 2025; motion carried and the House adjourned.
These floor actions included committee reports and fiscal notes where noted in committee explanations. Several bills were described by sponsors as agency or cleanup bills; a few produced substantive floor debate (notably SB 23 73 on charitable gaming and SB 20 62 on bid‑notice publication).
