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Votes at a glance: confirmations and key House bills the North Dakota Senate considered

March 28, 2025 | Senate, Legislative, North Dakota


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Votes at a glance: confirmations and key House bills the North Dakota Senate considered
This session’s floor record shows the Senate considered numerous confirmations and final-passage votes. Below are the outcomes and floor tallies recorded in the transcript. Where the transcript did not provide additional detail, the description notes "not specified."

Confirmations and appointments
- Levi Bachmeier — Confirmed to the State Board of Higher Education (final tally: 44 ayes, 2 nays, 1 absent and not voting).
- Patrick Sogard — Confirmed to the State Board of Higher Education (final tally: 45 ayes, 1 nay, 1 absent and not voting).
- David Stradinger and Brooke Olsen (alternate) — Confirmed to the Southwestern Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Commission (final tally: 46 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent and not voting).

Selected final-passage bills and outcomes (floor tallies from transcript)
- House Bill 12-31 (study on early discontinuation of registration for some low-risk offenders): Passed, final tally 43 ayes, 3 nays, 1 absent not voting.
- House Bill 14-60 (adult foster care substitute provider and electronic monitoring provisions): Passed, final tally 46 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent not voting.
- House Bill 1,300 (legislative term limits implementing language): Passed, final tally 40 ayes, 6 nays, 1 absent not voting.
- House Bill 11-25 (real estate licensing clarifications): Passed, final tally 46 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent not voting.
- House Bill 13-98 (insurance annual-statement abstract publication): Passed, final tally 44 ayes, 2 nays, 1 absent not voting.
- House Bill 13-95 (landlord criminal-background disclosure requirement): Failed, final tally 15 ayes, 31 nays, 1 absent not voting.
- House Bill 13-67 (drug crime penalties and paraphernalia): Passed, final tally 46 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent not voting.
- House Bill 13-91 (health-status anti-discrimination): Failed, 17 ayes, 29 nays, 1 absent (see main article).
- House Bill 15-94 (medical cost transparency): Failed, 23 ayes, 22 nays, 1 absent (see main article).
- House Bill 13-41 (simple assault against hospital workers): Passed, final tally 37 ayes, 8 nays, 2 absent not voting.
- House Bill 15-45 (change First Nations Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day): Passed, final tally 46 ayes, 0 nays, 1 absent not voting.

Procedural motions and other floor actions
- Multiple House bills were placed on the Senate calendar for the fourteenth order after adoption of committee amendments (see transcript entries for specific bills). Several bills were re-referred to Appropriations as recorded on the floor (for example HB 13-69, HB 13-91 was considered and failed on final passage). The Senate also appointed conference committees for several House bills, and the President appointed senators to serve on conference committees for specific bills.

This roundup reflects floor tallies and actions recorded in the transcript. For full bill text, amendment language and committee reports, consult official legislative records.

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