HCR 3021 North Dakota House · 69th Legislative Assembly (2025-26)

A concurrent resolution to amend and reenact sections 3 and 13 of article VI of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to the judicial branch and supreme court.

HCR 3021 is a proposed constitutional amendment to North Dakota's judicial system. It would remove civil and criminal immunity for judges, void judgments violating due process, state/federal law, or the U.S. or North Dakota constitutions, and require judicial vacancies (supreme court or district court) to be filled by a bipartisan committee's nominees rather than solely by the governor. This directly affects all state judges and the court system by changing how judges are appointed and held accountable. The amendment must be approved by voters in the 2026 primary election, as it failed to pass the legislature (13 yeas, 80 nays) in February 2025.
Bill status failed 2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Failed
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Jan 30, 2025 Last action Feb 24, 2025
Floor votes · House Feb 24, 2025

How they voted

1378
Failed
Total votes 91
Feb 24, 2025
D Democratic11
11 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican80
13 Yea 67 Nay
83% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
6
Key actions
2
Committee
2
Feb 24, 2025
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (13-78)
house
Feb 18, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 7 6 1
lower
Feb 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Hearing 10:30
lower
Jan 30, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee
lower
1 primary · 7 co-sponsors

Sponsors