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BILL TRACKING LIST

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Bill Number	Bill Title	Position	Testimony
HB 1444 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to political subdivision approval for exemption of property taxes by a city or county; and to provide an effective date	Oppose
HB 1483 - FAILED TO PASS	A bill for an act to provide a contingent appropriation to the office of management and budget to provide borrowing authority for centers of excellence	Support
HB 1250 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to a department of commerce report to the legislative council on the tax impact of the centers of excellence program; and to provide an expiration date	Monitor
SB 2060	Relating to renaissance zone rehabilitation of utility infrastructure, renaissance zone boundaries, and the transferability of renaissance zone historic preservation and renovation tax credits; and to provide an effective date.	Support - PASSED
SB 2040	Sales and use tax exemption for equipment used in telecommunications infrastructure development	Support - PASSED	view
SB 2018	A bill for an act to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of commerce; to provide exemptions; to provide for an audit; to provide for a transfer; to establish a state grant program for child care; and to provide for state biofuels blender pumps and an alternative energy grant program.	Support

EDUCATION

Bill Number	Bill Title	Position	Testimony
SB 2199	Relating to allocation of state funds to school districts for mill levy reduction grants; relating to property tax levies of school districts; and to provide an effective date	Support - PASSED	view
HCR 3022	A concurrent resolution urging Congress not to enact any unfunded education mandates	Support - PASSED	view
SB 2019	Provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the state board for career and technical education	Support - PASSED	view
HB 1400	Relating to school calendars, course requirements, state aid payments, special education, and early childhood education; to provide for teacher compensation increases; to provide for the distribution of transportation grants, reorganization planning grants, regional education association grants, baseline recalculation grants, deferred maintenance grants, and contingency payments; to provide for a contingent transfer; to provide for reports to the legislative council; to repeal sections 15.1-21-02.2, 15.1-27-20.1, and 15.1-38-01.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to high school graduation requirements, the minimum mill levy offset, and new immigrant English language learners; and to declare an emergency	Support - PASSED	view

ENERGY

Bill Number	Bill Title	Position	Testimony
HB 1352 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to the state energy policy	Monitor
HB 1380 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to compensation for loss of agricultural production and income caused by oil and gas production; and to amend and reenact sections 38-11.1-04 and 38-11.1-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to damage and disruption payments for damages caused by oil and gas production	Oppose	view
SB 2139	Relating to ownership of subsurface pore space; and to provide for application	Monitor - PASSED
SB 2095	Relating to priorities in permitting carbon dioxide geologic storage projects; to provide a penalty; and to provide a continuing appropriation	Support - PASSED	view
SB 2051	Relating to elimination of the limits on the amount the oil impact fund and counties may receive under the oil and gas gross production tax; and to provide an effective date.	Monitor - PASSED
SB 2037	Relating to a sales and use tax exemption for materials used in compressing, processing, gathering, or refining of gas; and to provide an effective date	Support - PASSED
SB 2033	Relating to an income tax credit for installation of geothermal, solar, wind, or biomass energy devices; and to provide an effective date.	Support - PASSED
HB 1032	Relating to the energy conversion and transmission facility siting definitions	Support - PASSED

GENERAL BUSINESS

Bill Number	Bill Title	Position	Testimony
HB 1560- FAILED TO PASS	Relating to the liability of nonmanufacturing sellers	Oppose
HB 1384 - FAILED TO PASS	Provide limitations on private rights of action	Support
HB 1550 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to accessing a line of credit for emergencies; and to amend and reenact sections 54-16-03.1 and 54-27.2-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to emergency commission requests and transfers and expenditures from the budget stabilization fund	Monitor
HB 1430	Relating to successor corporation asbestos-related liabilities	Support - PASSED	view
SB 2258 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to whistleblower protection for private and public employees	Oppose
HB 1440 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to permits to operate pharmacies	Support	view
SB 2151 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to liability of the state, the definition of discretionary acts relating to design of a public project, and claims arising from leased vehicles	Oppose	view
HB 1390 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to noneconomic damages in health care malpractice actions	Oppose	view

TAXES

Bill Number	Bill Title	Position	Testimony
HB 1486 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to the budget stabilization fund	Monitor
HB 1085 -FAILED TO PASS	Relating to an income tax employment tax credit for employment of apprentices and the workforce recruitment income tax credit; and to provide an effective date	Support
HB 1255 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to corporate income tax rates; and to provide an effective date	Support	view
HB 1310 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to a deduction to reimburse retailers for administrative expenses of collecting city lodging, restaurant, and motor vehicle rental taxes and state sales and use taxes; and to provide an effective date	Support
SB 2197 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to the tobacco products tax; and to provide an effective date	Oppose
HB 1279 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to a reduction in income tax rates for individuals, estates, and trusts; and to provide an effective date	Support	view
HB 1066 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to income tax credits for purchases of manufacturing machinery and equipment for the purpose of automating manufacturing processes, qualified expenditures for lean manufacturing, and qualified expenses for innovation; and to provide an effective date	Monitor	view
HB 1485 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to transfers to the permanent oil tax trust fund	Monitor
SCR 4030 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to establishment and use of a legacy fund; and to provide an effective date	Neutral
HB 1521 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to the rate of sales, use, motor vehicle excise, and aircraft excise taxes; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date	Monitor
HB 1563 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to reduction in individual income tax rates; to amend and reenact section 57-38-30 and subsection 1 of section 57-38-30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to reductions in corporate and individual income tax rates; to repeal sections 57-38-01.3, 57-38-01.4, 57-38-11, 57-38-14, 57-38-30, 57-38-30.1, 57-38-30.5, 57-38-30.6, 57-38-32, and 57-38-60.1 and chapter 57-38.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to elimination of corporate income taxes; to provide for transfers; and to provide contingent effective dates	Support	view
SB 2384 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to an oil extraction tax exemption for costs of enhanced production that increases production from an oil well to the extent the well loses stripper well status; to amend and reenact subsection 4 of section 38-08-04, subsection 10 of section 57-51.1-01, subsection 1 of section 57-51.1-03.1, and section 57-51.1-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to annual determination of stripper well status under the oil extraction tax and deposits in the enhanced oil recovery fund; and to provide an effective date	Oppose	view
HB 1281 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to property tax exemption of minerals in place in the earth and assessment of severed mineral interests; and to provide an effective date	Oppose	view
HB 1256	Relating to income tax treatment of qualified dividend income; and to provide an effective date	Support - PASSED	view
HCR 3054	Relating to establishment and use of a legacy fund; and to provide an effective date	Support - PASSED
HB 1324	Relating to a reduction in income tax rates for individuals, estates, and trusts; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency	Support - PASSED	view

TRANSPORTATION

Bill Number	Bill Title	Position	Testimony
HB 1407 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to an economic development transportation fund; relating to the collection and distribution of highway funds; relating to the registration fee for the public transportation fund; to provide an appropriation; and to provide a continuing appropriation	Support
HB 1526 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to allocation of motor vehicle excise tax revenues to the highway tax distribution fund; and to provide an effective date	Monitor

UNEMPLOYMENT

Bill Number	Bill Title	Position
SB 2108	Relating to eligibility for unemployment compensation benefits	Monitor - PASSED
SB 2107	Relating to electronic filing of employer unemployment contribution and wage reports; and to provide an effective date	Monitor - PASSED
SB 2102	Relating to the penalty for failure to submit employer contribution and wage reports; and to provide a penalty	Monitor - PASSED

WATER & MISC.

Bill Number	Bill Title	Position	Testimony
HB 1212	Relating to the duties of the division of community services	Monitor

WORKFORCE

Bill Number	Bill Title	Position
SB 2187 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to employer's payment of accrued paid time off	Monitor
SB 2062 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to creation of the North Dakota opportunity grant program for students enrolled in North Dakota institutions of higher education and of a new graduate earned income deduction; to provide for reports to the legislative council; to provide legislative intent; to provide a transfer; to provide for the preparation of legislation; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to provide an effective date	Monitor
SB 2016	A bill for an act to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of job service North Dakota.	Support - PASSED
HB 1099	Relating to employees' remedies and the limitations on wages collectible	Monitor - PASSED

WSI

Bill Number	Bill Title	Position	Testimony
HB 1097 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to limitations of withholdings of an employer from compensation due employees	Monitor
HB 1408 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to allowing employers to self-insure for workers' compensation coverage	Oppose	view
HCR 3008	Study workers' compensation laws in this state and other states with respect to prior injuries, preexisting conditions, and degenerative conditions	Support - PASSED	view
HB 1201	Relating to changing the name of the workforce safety and insurance office of independent review	Support - PASSED	view
SB 2058	Relating to distinction between workers' compensation independent medical examinations and independent medical reviews	Support - PASSED	view
SB 2057	Relating to workers' compensation permanent partial impairment awards for loss of vision; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency.	Support as Amended - PASSED	view
SB 2056	Relating to workers' compensation mileage reimbursement for injured employee's medical travel; and to provide for application	Support - PASSED	view
HB 1035	Relating Workforce Safety and Insurance reserves	Monitor - PASSED	view
HB 1101	Relating to workers' Compensation dependency allowances, preacceptance disability benefits, maximum disability benefits, travel and other reimbursement, death benefits, and burial expenses; and to provide for application	Support - PASSED	view
HB 1455	Relating to workers' compensation benefits for surviving spouse of permanently and totally disabled injured employee; and to provide for application	Support as Amended - PASSED	view
HB 1064	Relating to cost-of-living adjustments for workers' compensation total disability benefits; to provide for application; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.	Support - PASSED	view
HB 1063	Relating to workers' compensation coverage for preexisting conditions; to provide for application	Support - PASSED	view
HB 1062	Relating to workers' compensation rehabilitation services pilot programs; relating to expansion of workers' compensation rehabilitation services; and to provide for a report to the legislative council	Support - PASSED	view
HB 1061	Relating to workers' compensation definition of artificial members as it relates to compensable injuries; and to provide for application	Support - PASSED	view
HB 1037	Relating to the independent performance evaluation of Workforce Safety and Insurance	Support - PASSED
HB 1036	Relating to the calculation of Workforce Safety and Insurance premiums	Support - PASSED	view
HB 1160 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to examination of Workforce Safety and Insurance by the Insurance Commissioner; and to provide a continuing appropriation	Oppose	view
SB 2435 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to the exercise of continuing jurisdiction by workforce safety and insurance	Oppose	view
SB 2432	Relating to preferred providers for work-related injuries	Oppose - PASSED
SB 2419	Relating to workers' compensation vocational rehabilitation awards; and to provide for application	Support as Amended - PASSED
SB 2059	Relating to workforce safety and insurance payment of an injured employee's attorney's fees for a case review or settlement proposal; to provide for a report to the legislative assembly; and to provide for application	Oppose - PASSED
HB 1151	Relating to reporting requirements in safety grant programs; relating to definition of wages, information fund, and confidentiality of employer files for workforce safety and insurance purposes; relating to rules for mine foremen	Support - PASSED
HB 1561	Relating to a treating doctor's opinion in workers' compensation decisions and appeals	Support as Amended - PASSED	view
HB 1524 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to workers' compensation fraud; and to provide a penalty	Oppose	view
HB 1410 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to workers' compensation offset for social security retirement benefits	Oppose	view
SB 2434 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to reapplication for workers' compensation disability benefits	Oppose
HB 1427 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to an injured worker's request for workers' compensation to exercise continuing jurisdiction	Oppose	view
SB 2430 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to the duration of workers' compensation temporary partial disability benefits	Oppose	view
HCR 3013	A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Council to study the availability of legal representation to assist injured employees in understanding and pursuing Workforce Safety and Insurance decisions	Neutral - PASSED
SB 2386 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to workers' compensation definitions for compensable injury, permanent total disability, and temporary total disability and workers' compensation aggravation awards	Oppose	view
HB 1542 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to construction of workers' compensation claims	Oppose	view
HB 1525	Relating to workers' compensation additional benefits payable	Support as Amended - PASSED	view
HB 1464	Relating to the workforce safety and insurance personnel system and spending authority	Support as Amended - PASSED	view
SB 2433	Relating to work searches by disabled workers	Oppose - PASSED
HB 1247 - FAILED TO PASS	Relating to workers' compensation dependency allowances	Oppose

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