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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 1106
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 43-23.5-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to appraisal management companies.
Nay
Failed
6–83
Feb 1, 2023
HB 1355
AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 24-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to designating the bridge on state highway 6 as the PFC. Ronald C. Goodiron Vietnam bridge; and to provide a continuing appropriation.
Yea
Passed
89–0
Feb 1, 2023
HB 1124
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 11-10 and a new section to chapter 40-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the use of natural gas in new construction.
Nay
Failed
13–76
Feb 1, 2023
HB 1234
AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 11-10 and a new section to chapter 40-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting a county or city from prohibiting the connection or reconnection of utilities services.
Yea
Passed
89–0
Feb 1, 2023
HB 1373
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 26.1-39 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to property insurance policies for debris removal.
Nay
Failed
8–81
Feb 1, 2023
HB 1202
A BILL for an Act to create and enact section 19-24.1-24.1 and a new subsection to section 19-24.1-36 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to regulating edible medical marijuana products; to amend and reenact section 19-24.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to definitions relating to medical marijuana products; and to provide a contingent effective date. Against party
Nay
Passed
54–34
Feb 1, 2023
HB 1279
AN ACT to create and enact section 65-01-15.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to compensability for cardiac events for firefighters and law enforcement officers; to amend and reenact sections 65-01-15 and 65-01-15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to documentation required for firefighters and law enforcement officers and the presumption of compensability for firefighters and law enforcement officers; to provide for retroactive application; and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
89–0
Feb 1, 2023
HB 1353
AN ACT to amend and reenact section 49-05-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to resource planning.
Yea
Passed
88–0
Jan 31, 2023
HB 1062
AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-17-03, subsection 8 of section 54-17-07.3, section 54-17-07.9, and subsection 2 of section 54-63-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to updating position titles, clarification for mortgage insurance requirements, execution of instruments, and industrial commission powers.
Yea
Passed
88–0
Jan 31, 2023
HB 1086
A BILL for an Act to provide for an information technology department study relating to the language of chapter 54-59 of the North Dakota Century Code; and to provide for a legislative management report.
Yea
Passed
80–8
Jan 31, 2023
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