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R North Dakota Senate · District 3 On the 2026 ballot

Sen. Bob Paulson

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Total votes
4,002
all sessions
Attendance
99%
57 missed
Higher than 85% of chamber peers
With party
88%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
7%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
235
bills & resolutions
Higher than 97% of chamber peers
Committees
4
assignments
4,002 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
3,108
voted in favor
Nay
837
voted against
Absent
57
missed votes
Total recorded
4,002
across all sessions
Crossed party
445
votes against own party
Matching
4,002
matching current filters
Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
HB 1123
Relating to bail and a summons in lieu of arrest warrant. Against party
Yea
Failed
36–58
Feb 15, 2021
HB 1162
Relating to raffle ticket purchases.
Yea
Passed
70–24
Feb 15, 2021
HB 1177
Relating to probation termination. Against party
Yea
Failed
41–53
Feb 15, 2021
HB 1176
Relating to cancellation of a minor's driver's license.
Yea
Passed
94–0
Feb 15, 2021
HB 1196
Relating to sealing criminal records.
Yea
Passed
90–4
Feb 15, 2021
HB 1296
Relating to the confidentiality of booking photos; and to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 44‑04‑18.7 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal information. Bipartisan
Yea
Failed
45–49
Feb 15, 2021
HB 1412
Relating to an exemption from the coal conversion facilities privilege tax and the imposition of a lignite research tax; to amend and reenact section 57‑60‑02, subsection 1 of section 57‑60‑14, and section 57‑61‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an exemption from the coal conversion facilities tax, allocation of the coal conversion facilities privilege tax and the lignite research tax, and an exemption from the coal severance tax; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.
Yea
Passed
85–6
Feb 12, 2021
HB 1405
Relating to an income tax credit for the employment of individuals with developmental disabilities or severe mental illness; to amend and reenact section 57‑38‑01.16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an income tax credit for the employment of individuals with developmental disabilities or severe mental illness; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.
Yea
Passed
91–0
Feb 12, 2021
HB 1371
Relating to requiring the state to observe daylight saving time year round; to repeal section 40‑01‑20 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to daylight saving time; and to provide ana contingent effective date. Against party
Nay
Passed
57–35
Feb 12, 2021
HB 1308
Relating to filings of utility property transfers; and to provide for a relocation of utility property transfer files.
Yea
Passed
93–0
Feb 12, 2021
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