North Dakota panel picks study topics ahead of next session
JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) A panel of North Dakota lawmakers on Wednesday chose study topics that are likely to inspire legislation for the 2023 session.
The Republican-led Legislative Management committee, a 17-member panel of lawmakers that oversees business between sessions, chose 50 studies, including school funding, state employee compensation, health care, gambling addiction and even the shortage of firearms and ammunition in the state.
Twenty-two studies were not chosen.
The panel has 13 Republicans and four Democrats, and includes the floor leaders of both parties. Republicans have two-thirds majorities in both the North Dakota House and Senate, and they control the study and committee selection process.
Lawmakers to choose study topics that may inspire bills
JAMES MacPHERSON, Associated Press
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BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) Less than a month after the North Dakota Legislature adjourned, a group of lawmakers will return to the Capitol next week to decide study topics that may result in legislation for the 2023 session.
The Legislative Management committee, a 17-member panel of lawmakers that supervises business between sessions, will meet May 19 to select the topics the Legislature will study during the next 18 months. The committee will meet again on June 9 to assign the subjects to study committees.
Each of the Legislature’s 141 members will be surveyed on committee preferences.
We came. We saw. We concurred. Sen. Ray Holmberg, R-Grand Forks, on the House and Senate avoiding a conference committee on the higher education budget.
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âIf you wonder why voters are angry, just take a look at this.â Rep. Rick Becker, R-Bismarck, criticizing a since-defeated proposal to give state backing to an amusement park in Jamestown.
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âI am satisfied that we have addressed a problem that has existed for 12 years.â MHA Nation Chairman Mark Fox, after the Legislature approved a new tax-sharing formula for oil wells that straddle the border of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation.
The Legislature has approved the budget bill for the state Commerce Department, after lawmakers rejected a proposal for a one-time $5 million grant for a
By Dave Thompson
BISMARCK, N.D. (Prairie Public Radio) – The state Senate has rejected the conference committee report on the Commerce Department budget.
One of the areas lawmakers objected to was a $5 million one-time grant towards the development of an amusement park in Jamestown. The $5 million would have to be matched, and the developer could then approach the state Investment Board for further money, through loans or grants.
Jamestown Republican Senator Terry Wanzek.