HCR 3033 North Dakota House · 69th Legislative Assembly (2025-26)

A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to consider studying personal legislative staff for the Legislative Assembly.

HCR 3033 is a concurrent resolution directing North Dakota's Legislative Management to study whether legislators should be allowed to hire personal legislative staff. It would examine the potential benefits of this practice, including comparing it to other states' approaches, and assess how it might support legislators during term limit transitions. The resolution requires Legislative Management to report findings and any needed legislation to the next legislative session. This resolution directly affects current and future legislators by exploring a potential change to their staffing resources.
Bill status failed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 25, 2025 Last action Mar 26, 2025
Floor votes · House Mar 7, 2025

How they voted

6622
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 91
Mar 7, 2025
D Democratic11
8 Yea 3 Nay
72% Yea
R Republican80
58 Yea 19 Nay 3
72% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
10
Key actions
5
Committee
4
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 6 0 0
upper
Mar 19, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Hearing 09:00
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee
upper
Mar 7, 2025
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (66-22-3)
house
Mar 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 3 1
lower
Mar 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Hearing 09:00
lower
Feb 25, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee
lower
1 primary · 9 co-sponsors

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