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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 1243
Relating to requiring office of faith‑based and community initiatives to establish an outreach and educational program for clergy regarding mental health; and to provide for a legislative management report.
Nay
Failed
5–86
Feb 8, 2021
HB 1492
Relating to permitting pharmacists to administer SARS‑CoV‑2 tests; and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
89–2
Feb 8, 2021
HB 1269
Relating to the state land advisory board.
Nay
Failed
3–88
Feb 8, 2021
HB 1436
Relating to summer school courses; and to declare an emergency.
Yea
Passed
90–1
Feb 8, 2021
HB 1421
Relating to an income tax credit equal to a portion of a taxpayer's federal earned income credit; and to provide an effective date.
Nay
Failed
13–78
Feb 8, 2021
HB 1149
A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the industrial commission for liquefied natural gas pilot project grants; and to provide a statement of legislative intent.
Nay
Failed
5–86
Feb 8, 2021
HB 1159
AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding natural gas infrastructure development.
Yea
Passed
84–7
Feb 8, 2021
HB 1073
Relating to criminal history background checks for applicants for licenses and permits issued by the state department of health and the department of environmental quality; and to amend and reenact subdivisionsubdivisions n and vv of subsection 2 of section 12-60-24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks.
Yea
Passed
86–5
Feb 8, 2021
HB 1279
Relating to the amount of statutory fees, city fines, and the nonpayment of fines; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide a penalty.
Yea
Passed
86–5
Feb 8, 2021
HB 1462
Relating to state surplus property and disposition of property.
Nay
Failed
4–87
Feb 8, 2021
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