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

This page

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Bill

Description

Vote

Result

Tally

Date

SB 2019

AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the parks and recreation department; to amend and reenact section 55‑08‑07.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state parks and recreation concession revolving fund; to provide for a report to the legislative assembly; to provide for a transfer; to provide for an exemption; to provide for a contingent loan authorization; to provide a contingent appropriation; to provide for a legislative management study; and to declare an emergency. Against party

Nay

Passed

61–29

Apr 8, 2019

SB 2320

AN ACT to create and enact chapter 15‑10.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to free speech at institutions under the control of the state board of higher education.

Yea

Passed

87–3

Apr 8, 2019

SB 2341

A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54‑60 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the apprenticeship training program; and to amend and reenact sections 54‑60‑17 and 54‑60‑17.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to apprenticeships and uses of the internship fund.

Nay

Failed

15–75

Apr 8, 2019

SB 2353

A BILL for an Act to create and enact chapter 43‑63 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to uniform regulation of occupations and professions; and to provide for a legislative management study.

Nay

Failed

28–62

Apr 8, 2019

SB 2345

AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 11‑33‑02.1, 11‑33‑22, 23‑25‑11, 23.1‑06‑15, 58‑03‑11.1, and 58‑03‑17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to animal feeding operations and zoning regulations; to provide a report to the legislative management; to provide an effective date; to provide a contingent effective date; and to provide an expiration date.

Yea

Passed

71–19

Apr 8, 2019

HB 1256

AN ACT to create and enact chapter 12‑60.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to sealing of criminal records; and to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 12.1‑41‑14, subsection 4 of section 50‑09‑32, and subdivision e of subsection 1 of section 62.1‑04‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to sealing of criminal records.

Yea

Passed

77–8

Apr 5, 2019

HB 1005

AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the Indian affairs commission.

Yea

Passed

84–1

Apr 5, 2019

HB 1246

AN ACT to amend and reenact section 20.1‑03‑11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to gratis tags for hunting big game; and to provide for a legislative management study.

Yea

Passed

83–2

Apr 5, 2019

HCR 3048

A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to consider studying the feasibility and desirability of establishing a wind reclamation fund and whether the statutorily required minimum wind turbine setback distances provide adequate protections to nonparticipating landowners and their property. Bipartisan

Yea

Passed

51–34

Apr 5, 2019

SB 2001

AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the office of the governor; to create and enact a new section to chapter 54‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the Theodore Roosevelt presidential library and museum endowment fund; to amend and reenact sections 54‑07‑04 and 54‑08‑03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to salary of the governor and lieutenant governor; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide for a transfer; to authorize a loan; to provide an exemption; to provide for a report to the legislative assembly; to provide for a budget section report; and to declare an emergency.

Yea

Passed

78–6

Apr 5, 2019