North Dakota House passes 2 bills to protect state tribes through task forces, cultural preservation
Rep. Collette Brown, D-Warwick, speaks on House Bill 1603, related to providing an appropriation to the State Historical Society for Native American grave protection and repatriation compliance efforts, at the North Dakota State Capitol on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025.
North Dakota House votes to defund Prairie Public, sends bill to Senate
The House Appropriations Committee had recommended continuing to fund Prairie Public with $1.2 million for the biennium. But House Bill 1255, sponsored by Rep. Jorin Johnson, R-Fargo, passed the House on Monday with a 48-41 vote, cutting the funding.
North Dakota House passes ban on ranked choice, approval voting
Fargo could be forced to return to traditional voting methods after becoming the first city in the nation to use approval voting in 2018.
North Dakota House moves forward bill to define gender as a person's biological sex
The North Dakota House of Representatives on Thursday passed a bill that would define gender in state law based on a person's sex.
House Bill to reduce HIV transmission penalty advances in North Dakota
House Bill 1217 passed on Wednesday in North Dakota’s House. It deals with the criminal charge attributed to knowingly transmitting HIV; the crime would be downgraded from a felony to misdemeanor. Knowingly infecting someone with HIV has been punishable with a felony charge in North Dakota since the 1980s.
Bathroom bill passed by North Dakota House allows schools to be fined for noncompliance
Friday to prevent K-12 public schools from having all-gender bathrooms, including those that are single occupancy. The bill would also task the Attorney General’s Office with investigating schools that don’t comply with the law.
North Dakota House votes to repeal 'discriminatory' HIV law
With a 50-43 vote, the House passed a bill to downgrade the crime of intentional HIV transmission from a felony to a misdemeanor, aligning the charge with other intentional disease transmission.
ND Senators, Representatives take on library, educational bills
Lawmakers are cutting through the mountain of bills that need to be discussed before the end of next week. Thursday’s set of ...
Native American repatriation effort moves forward after House vote
State lawmakers approved a plan that will continue efforts to return all human remains and artifacts to native tribes in ...
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North Dakota Moves to Create State-Level Version of DOGE
The state’s House of Representatives advanced legislation this week that would create a task force dedicated to reviewing ...
Fargo Representative Josh Christy dies
BISMARCK, N.D. (KUMV) - House officials announced the passing of Fargo Rep. Josh Christy on Wednesday. Christy was elected in ...
House lawmakers pass pledge of allegiance bill
They stand up and say it every day at the State Capitol. On Thursday, state lawmakers also pledged their support to a bill ...