2025 Bill Tracker
Join us in defending democracy and protecting voting rights in the 2025 ND Legislative Session. Below are the bills we're tracking. Read a summary each and track along with us, so you can take action.
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Voting Rights
​ Student Voters—HB 1178: A bill to require school districts to allow student voters to leave campus to vote in elections.​​
Status: Committee hearing January 17 at 11:15am. Submit Testimony​ / Email the Chair
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Constitutional Amendments—HCR 3003: This measure would increase the threshold for approving a constitutional amendment from a simple majority to 60% making it harder for voters to pass a citizen-initiated constitutional ballot measure.
Status: Committee hearing January 16 at 10:45am. Submit Testimony / Email the Chair
​Elections
​ Voting Methods—HB 1297 : A bill to ban approval voting and ranked choice voting in North Dakota. Currently, the City of Fargo uses approval voting for city elections.
Status: Waiting for first hearing to be scheduled
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​ Ballot Design—HB 1099 : A bill to add the presidential candidates' first names to the ballot. Currently, only the last names are required on the ballot, which confused some voters in the November 2024 election.
Status: House hearing complete. Waiting for committee action.
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​ Voter Registration—HB 1287 : A bill to implement voter registration in North Dakota. Currently, we're the only state without voter registration. Qualified voters need to show a valid form of ID to vote.
Status: Waiting for first hearing to be scheduled​
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​ Primary Election Ballots—SB 2178 : A bill to have separate ballots for each political party in the state's June primary election. Right now, voters get one ballot with all the political party candidates list in each party's column, and they choose which column (political party primary) to vote in.
Status: Waiting for first hearing to be scheduled
​Transparency & Ethics
Open Records—HB 1110: A bill to limit access to records and meetings related to the Public Service Commission's investigative and surveillance activities.
Status: House hearing closed. Waiting for committee action.​​​​
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Artificial Intelligence—HB 1167: A bill to require political ads containing AI-generated content to have a disclaimer.
Status: Committee hearing January 17 at 9am. Submit Testimony
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Political Ads—HB 1204: A bill to expand current law against publishing false information in political ads to include social media.
Status: Waiting for first hearing to be scheduled
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Lobbyist Gifts—HB 1304: A bill to provide an exception to the prohibition against gifts for legislator attendance at an out-of-state educational event.
Status: Waiting for first hearing to be scheduled
​Campaign Finance
Raffles—HB 1276: A bill to prohibit campaign committees, state political parties, and legislative district party committees from using a raffle to raise money for a political purpose.
Status: Waiting for first hearing to be scheduled
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Dark Money—HB 1286: A bill to require the candidates report the ultimate and true source of their campaign contributions.
Status: Waiting for first hearing to be scheduled​
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Reporting—SB 2156: A bill to change the campaign finance reporting requirements for candidates, such as increasing the late fee charged to candidates who submit theirs late.
Status: Waiting for first hearing to be scheduled
​Take Action​​
Remember: Only our official lobbyists can speak on behalf of the League. You can take action on bills on behalf of yourself as an individual, not as a representative of the League of Women Voters. Thank you for taking action!