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SB2003Introduced in the Senate

The naming of the Bismarck state college polytechnic center; to authorize the state board of higher education to issue and sell bonds for capital projects; to provide for a transfer; to provide for the conveyance of real property; to provide for a legislative management higher education funding review committee; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a report; to provide legislative intent; to provide an exemption; and to declare an emergency.

Passed

Introduced by Appropriations

What does this bill do?

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Official description

AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the North Dakota university system; to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to presidential searches and the state commissioner of higher education; to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 6-09-53, subdivision a of subsection 1 of section 15-10-17, subdivision c of subsection 1 of section 15-10-48, subdivisions a and c of subsection 1 of section 15-10-48.2, subdivision c of subsection 1 of section 15-10-49, subsection 1 of section 15-10-75, subsection 1 of the new section to chapter 15-10, as created by section 1 of House Bill No. 1437, as approved by the sixty-ninth legislative assembly, paragraph 3 of subdivision h of subsection 1 of section 15-18.2-02, subsection 2 of section 15-18.2-03, subsection 1 of section 15-18.2-05, section 15-54.1-04, subsection 2 of section 15-62.5-03, and section 54-44.1-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, sections 6 and 7 of chapter 126 of the 2021 Session Laws, sections 7, 8, and 9 of chapter 3 of the 2023 Session Laws, and subsection 17 of section 1 of chapter 550 of the 2021 Special Session Session Laws, relating to the powers and duties of the state board of higher education, the economic diversification research fund, matching grants for the advancement of academics, the workforce education innovation program, academic tenure policy at institutions of higher education, state aid for institutions of higher education, university system capital building funds, the scholars program, the cancellation of unexpended appropriations, transfers from the Bank of North Dakota to the skilled workforce loan repayment program fund and the skilled workforce scholarship fund, transfers from the Bank of North Dakota to the skilled workforce loan repayment program fund, the skilled workforce scholarship fund, and to the state board of higher education for dual-credit tuition scholarships, and funding for hyperbaric oxygen therapy; to repeal section 15-10-74 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the naming of the Bismarck state college polytechnic center; to authorize the state board of higher education to issue and sell bonds for capital projects; to provide for a transfer; to provide for the conveyance of real property; to provide for a legislative management higher education funding review committee; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a report; to provide legislative intent; to provide an exemption; and to declare an emergency.

Where it stands

Filed with Secretary Of State 05/12

June 11, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

SenateStage: Senate Second reading · May 2, 2025

42

Yes

2

No

3

Absent or Not Voting

47 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each senator voted

SenatorDistrictVote
Brad Bekkedahl1Yes
Mark Enget2Yes
Bob Paulson3Yes
Chuck Walen4Yes
Randall Burckhard5Yes
Paul Thomas6Yes
Michelle Axtman7Yes
Jeffery Magrum8No
Richard Marcellais9Yes
Ryan Braunberger10Yes

Bill history

  1. Introduced, first reading, referred to Appropriations

  2. Committee Hearing 01:30 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  3. Committee Hearing 02:15 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  4. Committee Hearing 03:15 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  5. Committee Hearing 04:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  6. Committee Hearing 08:30 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  7. Committee Hearing 09:15 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  8. Committee Hearing 10:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  9. Committee Hearing 10:45 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  10. Committee Hearing 01:30 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  11. Committee Hearing 02:15 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  12. Committee Hearing 08:30 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  13. Committee Hearing 09:30 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  14. Committee Hearing 08:30 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  15. Committee Hearing 09:15 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  16. Committee Hearing 02:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  17. Committee Hearing 08:30 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  18. Committee Hearing 10:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  19. Committee Hearing 02:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  20. Committee Hearing 08:30 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  21. Committee Hearing 09:15 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  22. Committee Hearing 10:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  23. Committee Hearing 10:45 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  24. Committee Hearing 02:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  25. Committee Hearing 02:45 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  26. Committee Hearing 03:30 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  27. Committee Hearing 08:30 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  28. Committee Hearing 09:15 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  29. Committee Hearing 10:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  30. Committee Hearing 10:45 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  31. Committee Hearing 02:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  32. Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 1 0

  33. Amendment adopted, placed on calendar

  34. Amendment proposed on floor

  35. Amendment failed

  36. Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 2

  37. Received from Senate

  38. Introduced, first reading, referred to Appropriations

  39. Committee Hearing 08:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  40. Committee Hearing 08:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  41. Committee Hearing 09:15 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  42. Committee Hearing 10:30 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  43. Committee Hearing 02:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  44. Committee Hearing 02:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  45. Committee Hearing 08:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  46. Committee Hearing 08:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  47. Committee Hearing 09:15 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  48. Committee Hearing 10:30 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  49. Committee Hearing 02:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  50. Committee Hearing 02:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  51. Committee Hearing 08:30 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  52. Committee Hearing 08:30 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  53. Committee Hearing 09:45 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  54. Committee Hearing 11:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  55. Committee Hearing 10:30 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  56. Committee Hearing 10:30 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  57. Committee Hearing 09:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  58. Committee Hearing 09:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  59. Committee Hearing 10:30 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  60. Committee Hearing 02:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  61. Committee Hearing 09:00 (Appropriations - Education and Environment Division)

  62. Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 20 0 3

  63. Amendment adopted, placed on calendar

  64. Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 62 nays 25

  65. Emergency clause failed

  66. Returned to Senate (12)

  67. Refused to concur

  68. Conference committee appointed Sorvaag Schaible Thomas

  69. Conference committee appointed Swiontek Sanford Richter

  70. Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar

  71. Conference committee report adopted

  72. Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 2, Emergency clause carried

  73. Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar

  74. Conference committee report adopted

  75. Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 69 nays 18

  76. Emergency clause carried

  77. Signed by Speaker

  78. Signed by President

  79. Sent to Governor

  80. Signed by Governor 05/12

  81. Filed with Secretary Of State 05/12

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