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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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HB 1396
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 50-24.1-02 and 50-24.1-41 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to presumptive eligibility for medical assistance applicants.
Nay
Failed
11–75
Feb 10, 2023
HB 1185
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 15.1-36-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to loans from the coal development trust fund for school construction projects affected by unanticipated construction inflation; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
86–0
Feb 10, 2023
HB 1516
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 26.1-45 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to requirements of stand-alone long-term care insurance policies; and to amend and reenact section 26.1-45-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to definitions relating to long-term care insurance.
Nay
Failed
1–85
Feb 10, 2023
HB 1524
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 53-06.1-08.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electronic pull tab device requirements.
Nay
Failed
3–83
Feb 10, 2023
HB 1430
AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 57-39.2 and a new subdivision to subsection 3 of section 57-40.2-03.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to construction, expansion, or environmental upgrade of a renewable feedstock refinery; and to provide an effective date.
Yea
Passed
80–6
Feb 10, 2023
HB 1312
AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-06-05.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to continuation of an evidence-based online virtual mental health and suicide prevention simulation-based training program for schools.
Yea
Passed
80–6
Feb 10, 2023
HB 1235
AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to term beginning dates for elected state government officials.
Yea
Passed
86–0
Feb 10, 2023
HB 1251
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to limiting compensation for school district superintendents.
Nay
Failed
0–86
Feb 10, 2023
HB 1402
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new subsection to section 57-39.2-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a sales tax exemption for sales of used clothing sold by a thrift store of a nonprofit corporation; and to provide an effective date.
Yea
Passed
50–36
Feb 10, 2023
HB 1504
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 57-38 and a new subdivision to subsection 7 of section 57-38-30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an income tax credit for qualified brewers for barley purchases; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.
Nay
Failed
8–78
Feb 10, 2023
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