Relating to a medical facility emergency operating loan program under the medical facility infrastructure loan fund; to provide an appropriation; to provide a transfer; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.
Relating to offering school breakfast and lunch at no cost and the school meals fund; to provide an appropriation; to provide for a transfer; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to department of commerce grant reporting requirements; to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 10‑30.5‑02, sections 54‑60‑09, 54‑60‑19, 54‑60‑28, 54‑60‑29, 54‑60‑29.1, and 54‑60‑31 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the purpose of the North Dakota development fund, duties and talent strategy of the division of workforce development, the uncrewed aircraft systems program, the uncrewed aircraft systems program fund, the beyond visual line of sight uncrewed aircraft system program, and changing the name of the office of legal immigration to the global talent office; to authorize a Bank of North Dakota line of credit; to provide for a transfer; to provide an application; to provide an exemption; and to provide for a legislative management report.
SB 2015 is a funding bill that allocates $247.1 million from North Dakota’s general fund to cover the operating expenses of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation for the 2025-2027 biennium. It specifies $266 million for adult services and $26.9 million for youth services, after accounting for $45.7 million in other funding sources. The bill also allows the department to deposit certain revenues (like fines, fees, and commissary profits) into its operating fund for use during the same period. It requires a legislative management study and a report on the department’s operations but does not create new policies or change existing laws.
HB 1018 provides state funding for the North Dakota Historical Society's operations and updates the jurisdiction of the state heritage center under North Dakota law. It authorizes the Bank of North Dakota to offer a new line of credit for state projects and declares an emergency to allow immediate implementation of these provisions. The bill directly affects the Historical Society, the heritage center, and the Bank of North Dakota by altering funding mechanisms and operational responsibilities.
Relating to a rail revolving loan fund and uses of the abandoned oil and gas well plugging and site reclamation fund; to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 6‑08.1‑02 and sections 6‑09‑35, 6‑09‑46.2, 6‑09.7‑05, 6‑09.14‑04, and 49‑17.1‑02.1, subsection 1 of section 54‑17‑40, and subdivision a of subsection 4 of section 54‑17.7‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, and section 15 of chapter 14 of the 2023 Session Laws, relating to confidential and exempt records of the Bank of North Dakota, the rebuilders loan program, loan guarantees through the strategic investment and improvements fund, interest rate buydown limits for the partnership in assisting community expansion fund, department of transportation review and approval of rail projects, uses of the housing incentive fund, North Dakota pipeline borrowing authority, and a salt cavern underground energy storage research project; to repeal section 3 of Senate Bill No. 2188, as approved by the sixty-ninth legislative assembly, relating to a transfer from the strategic investment and improvements fund to the clean sustainable energy fund; to provide a deficiency appropriation; to provide for a transfer; to provide an exemption; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide for a report; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.
Relating to a limited exemption for development incentive wells; to amend and reenact sections 57‑51‑02.6, 57‑51‑05, and 57‑51.1‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the temporary exemption for oil and gas wells employing a system to avoid flaring, an exemption from gross production tax for gas produced from certain enhanced oil recovery projects, and the definition of development incentive well; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.
Relating to mathematics curriculum, professional development, screening and intervention, related administrative rules and reporting requirements, and mathematics instructor competency; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide for a department of public instruction mathematics screening pilot program; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date.
Relating to student financial assistance grants, dual-credit tuition scholarships, and the scholars program; to amend and reenact sections 15‑10‑38.1, 15‑10‑38.2, 15‑63‑05, and 15.1‑21‑02.6 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the skilled workforce student loan repayment and scholarship programs, Native American scholarships, and the North Dakota scholarship; and to provide an appropriation.
SB 2010 provides $2.37 million in general funds from North Dakota's state treasury to the Council on the Arts for the 2025-2027 biennium. The funding covers salaries, operating expenses, and grants to support the Council's operations and arts programs across the state. It also directs all income from the state's cultural endowment fund to further cultural arts initiatives during the same period. This bill directly affects the Council on the Arts and the artists/organizations receiving its grants, ensuring continued funding for arts programming without creating new laws or altering existing policies.
