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R North Dakota House · District 35 On the 2026 ballot

Rep. Karen Karls

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Total votes
5,164
all sessions
Attendance
100%
6 missed
Higher than 94% of chamber peers
With party
93%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
6%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
97
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
4
assignments
5,164 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
3,923
voted in favor
Nay
1,235
voted against
Absent
6
missed votes
Total cast
5,164
across all sessions
Crossed party
353
votes against own party
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
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Date
HB 1057
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 15-01-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the board of university and school lands.
Nay
Failed
0–89
Jan 31, 2025
HB 1264
A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the state historical society for improvements at Whitestone Hill state historic site.
Nay
Failed
1–88
Jan 31, 2025
HB 1315
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 37-01 of the North Dakota Century Code; relating to the deployment of the North Dakota national guard; and to declare an emergency.
Nay
Failed
10–84
Jan 30, 2025
HB 1403
AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the designation of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Day as a state holiday.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Jan 30, 2025
HB 1361
AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1-41 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to mandatory minimum sentences for human trafficking offenders; and to provide a penalty.
Yea
Passed
70–23
Jan 30, 2025
HB 1299
AN ACT to amend and reenact section 29-06-22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to when a private person may break into a building to make an arrest.
Yea
Passed
82–11
Jan 30, 2025
HB 1359
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 26.1-40 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a prohibition on preferred automobile repair shops.
Nay
Failed
22–71
Jan 30, 2025
HB 1258
AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 49-22-16 of the of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to energy conversion and transmission facility siting; and to provide for retroactive application.
Yea
Passed
86–7
Jan 30, 2025
HB 1421
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new subsection to section 39-04-19 and two new subdivisions to subsection 2 of section 39-06.1-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to farm tractor registration and the amount of statutory fees; to amend and reenact subdivision a of subsection 2 of section 39-04-18 and sections 39-06.1-09, 39-09-02, and 39-09-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to farm tractors, speed limitations, and minimum speed limits; and to provide a penalty.
Nay
Failed
2–91
Jan 30, 2025
HB 1289
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new subsection to section 57-02-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a partial property tax exemption for residential property used for in-home care services for a qualifying individual; and to provide an effective date. Bipartisan
Nay
Failed
32–61
Jan 30, 2025
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