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 cast

4,002

across all sessions

Crossed party

445

votes against own party

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

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Date

HB 1001

AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the legislative branch of state government; to provide for applications, transfers, and cancellation of unexpended appropriations; to amend and reenact sections 54‑03‑20 and 54‑35‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to legislative compensation; to provide for a report; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.

Absent

Passed

82–8

Apr 18, 2019

SB 2358

AN ACT to amend and reenact section 40‑33‑16, subsections 11 and 27 of section 61‑24‑08, subdivision b of subsection 2 of section 61‑32‑03.1, and subsection 8 of section 61‑39‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Red River valley water supply project contract terms, elimination of voter approval requirements, and notice of proposed subsurface water management systems.

Absent

Passed

76–16

Apr 17, 2019

SB 2211

AN ACT to create and enact section 61‑33‑01.1 and a new subsection to section 61‑33.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the determination of the ordinary high water mark; to amend and reenact sections 61‑33‑01 and 61‑33.1‑02, subdivision e of subsection 3 of section 61‑33.1‑03, sections 61‑33.1‑04, 61‑33.1‑05, and 61‑33.1‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to sovereign lands, determining the ordinary high water mark, and the ownership of mineral rights of land subject to inundation by Pick‑Sloan Missouri basin project dams; to provide for application; and to declare an emergency.

Absent

Passed

87–4

Apr 17, 2019

SB 2195

AN ACT to provide an appropriation for veterans' spouses and dependents burial fees at the veterans' cemetery; and to provide an effective date.

Absent

Passed

69–21

Apr 17, 2019

SB 2247

AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50‑06‑37 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the developmental disabilities system reimbursement project; to provide a statement of legislative intent; and to provide for a legislative management report.

Absent

Passed

88–2

Apr 17, 2019

SB 2037

AN ACT to create and enact chapters 38‑23 and 38‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the disposal and storage of high‑level radioactive waste and subsurface storage and retrieval of nonhydrocarbons; to amend and reenact sections 12.1‑06.1‑01 and 38‑19‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of illegal transportation or disposal of radioactive waste material or hazardous waste and disposition of unusable products; to repeal chapter 23‑20.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the disposal of nuclear waste material; to provide a penalty; and to provide a continuing appropriation.

Absent

Passed

85–5

Apr 17, 2019

SB 2344

AN ACT to create and enact section 47‑31‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to injection or migration of substances into pore space; and to amend and reenact sections 38‑08‑25, 38‑11.1‑01, and 38‑11.1‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to pore space and oil and gas production.

Absent

Passed

66–24

Apr 17, 2019

HB 1008

AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of financial institutions; and to provide for a report.

Absent

Passed

65–25

Apr 17, 2019

SB 2249

AN ACT to create and enact sections 15‑11‑40 and 57‑51.1‑07.9 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state energy research center and the state energy research center fund; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide a report; and to provide an expiration date.

Absent

Passed

78–12

Apr 17, 2019

SB 2100

AN ACT to amend and reenact section 49‑02‑27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to decommissioning of solar energy conversion facilities.

Absent

Passed

84–6

Apr 16, 2019