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

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 1373

Relating to early voting dates.

Yea

Passed

78–13

Feb 8, 2021

HB 1256

Relating to a prohibition on using nonpublic funds for elections operations.

Yea

Passed

78–13

Feb 8, 2021

HB 1239

Relating to making scanned images of ballots available to the public; to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 16.1‑01‑01, section 16.1‑01‑07, subsection 5 of section 16.1‑05‑04, section 16.1‑06‑03, subsection 1 of section 16.1‑06‑04, sections 16.1‑06‑12, 16.1‑06‑15, 16.1‑06‑26, 16.1‑11‑27, 16.1‑11‑35, 16.1‑13‑25, and 16.1‑13‑29, subsection 1 of section 16.1‑15‑01, sections 16.1‑15‑02 and 16.1‑15‑04, subsection 1 of section 16.1‑15‑08, and sections 16.1‑15‑10 and 16.1‑16‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to elimination of electronic voting and requiring paper ballots; to repeal sections 16.1‑06‑11, 16.1‑06‑14, 16.1‑06‑17, 16.1‑06‑20, 16.1‑06‑25, 16.1‑07‑13, 16.1‑13‑24, 16.1‑13‑33, and 16.1‑15‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electronic voting; and to provide a penalty. Against party

Yea

Failed

15–76

Feb 8, 2021

HB 1211

Relating to the veterans' aid fund and veterans' postwar trust fund; and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Feb 8, 2021

HB 1182

Relating to permitting party designations for candidates for county and local elections; and to repeal section 40‑21‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to party designations for candidates for municipal offices. Against party

Yea

Failed

36–55

Feb 8, 2021

HB 1178

Relating to hunting licenses for nonresident members of the armed forces.

Nay

Failed

14–76

Feb 8, 2021

HB 1120

Relating to deer hunting licenses for disabled veterans.

Yea

Passed

91–0

Feb 8, 2021

HCR 3007

A concurrent resolution terminating the state of emergency in North Dakota declared by Governor Doug Burgum on March 13, 2020, in response to the public health crisis resulting from the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, commonly known as COVID-19. Against party

Yea

Failed

28–65

Feb 5, 2021

HB 1118

Relating to the governor's authority to issue executive orders during a declared disaster or emergency; to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 37‑17.1‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duration of a gubernatorial declaration of disaster or emergency relating to public health and extension requests; and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

88–6

Feb 5, 2021

HB 1175

Relating to business immunity from COVID‑19 liability claims; to provide for retroactive application; and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

77–17

Feb 5, 2021