Bismarck — The North Dakota House completed consideration of numerous bills and motions on April 7, 2025. Below is a concise “votes at a glance” record of the chamber’s formal actions as recorded in the House transcript.

Votes at a glance

- House Concurrent Resolution HCR 3037 (mandatory reporting for public officials): Final passage — 89 yea, 0 nay. (Reported as approved by political subdivisions committee.)

- House Bill 12-18 (Senate amendments — appointment of conference committee): House moved to not concur with Senate amendments and appointed a conference committee (Representative Hager, Representative Novak, Representative Doctor). Motion carried (voice vote recorded as carried). Outcome: conference committee appointed.

- House Bill 15-97 (ambulance services funding/formula; hold harmless provision extended): Final passage — 83 yea, 6 nay.

- House Bill 11-10 (records exemption for Public Service Commission investigations, including FRA State Safety Participation Program): Final passage — 75 yea, 14 nay.

- House Bill 10-63 (Public Service Commission open-meetings adjustments; emergency clause): Final passage — 89 yea, 0 nay; emergency clause carries.

- House Bill 13-05 (criminal trespass / squatter provisions; amended dwelling definition): Final passage — 89 yea, 0 nay.

- House Bill 1,500 (nonconforming structures; wording change from “law” to “ordinance”): Final passage — 87 yea, 3 nay.

- House Bill 14-37 (academic tenure and post-tenure evaluation provisions for higher education): Final passage — 83 yea, 7 nay.

- House Bill 12-74 (public safety retirement plan eligibility expansion, correctional officers): Final passage — 71 yea, 19 nay.

- House Bill 14-19 (public safety retirement plan eligibility expansion, state radio dispatchers): Final passage — 68 yea, 22 nay.

- House Bill 15-67 (legislative study on dental and oral health care for Medicaid populations): Final passage — 85 yea, 3 nay.

- House Bill 10-58 (above-ground storage tank regulation and registration-fee rules): Final passage — 66 yea, 24 nay.

- House Bill 12-31 (study on early discontinuation of registration for low-risk offenders): Final passage — failed, 36 yea, 54 nay (bill declared failed).

- House Bill 13-41 (simple assault penalty expansion limited to hospital workers engaged in essential patient care): Final passage — 68 yea, 21 nay.

- House Bill 16-15 (site authorization, charity gaming procedures; local ordinance/policy requirement): Final passage — 79 yea, 10 nay.

- House Bill 14-83 (oil extraction tax incentive adjustments outside Bakken/Three Forks): Final passage — declared passed (vote tally not specified in transcript excerpt).

- House Bill 1,300 (legislative term limits language/effective date): Final passage — declared failed, 42 yea, 48 nay.

Procedural and other floor actions

- Motion to move Senate Bill 23-54 to the top of the calendar: carried (voice vote recorded as carried); subsequently Senate Bill 23-54 (student personal electronic device policy) passed on final vote 61 yea, 29 nay (see separate article).

- Motion to suspend House Rule 3-24, section 4, for 3 legislative days: carried (voice vote recorded as carried).

- Motion to re-refer Senate Bill 21-60 to the IBL committee for further consideration: carried (voice vote recorded as carried).

- Senate Bill 21-12 (Life Skills and Transition Center authority for temporary placements; DHHS fiscal note): Final passage — 65 yea, 25 nay (see separate article). The House record notes a DHHS fiscal estimate of $87,970 per biennium for the 2025-27 cycle and the same for 2027-29.

Notes on the record and missing tallies

All items above are summarized from the House floor transcript. Where the transcript clearly recorded a roll-call tally, that tally is shown. In a few instances the transcript excerpt contained a corrupted or unclear tally; those items are marked as “not specified” for the precise vote count but the transcript recorded the measure as declared passed.

Ending — This roundup lists formal final actions recorded on April 7, 2025. Items that passed will advance under routine enrollment, conference or enrollment procedures; measures that failed are recorded as final for this chamber. Conference-committee appointments and procedural suspensions recorded on the floor are reflected above.