North Dakota Sen. Rich Wardner (R)

ND - Committees (Senate)

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chairman

ND - Correction and Revision of the Journal (Senate)

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member

ND - Appropriations (Senate)

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member

ND - Budget Section

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member

ND - Information Technology Committee

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member

ND - Emergency Commission

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member

ND - Workers' Compensation Review Committee

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member

ND - Energy Development and Transmission Committee

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chairman

ND - Legislative Management

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vice chairman

ND - Legislative Procedure and Arrangements Committee

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vice chairman

ND - State Employee Compensation System Oversight Committee

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member

ND - SB2197 AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 57-43.2-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to licensing requirements for the special fuels tax; and to provide an effective date.

ND - SB2336 AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 57-39.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a sales tax exemption for machinery or equipment used to produce coal from a new mine located in this state; and to provide an effective date.

ND - SB2179 AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-16-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a per diem increase for members of the North Dakota education factfinding commission.

ND - SB2269 A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 57-38 and a new subdivision to subsection 7 of section 57-38-30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an income tax credit for a portion of higher education expenses; and to provide an effective date.

ND - SB2180 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 40-57.3-01, 40-57.3-01.1, and 40-57.3-02 and subsection 22 of section 57-39.2-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to city lodging tax and state sales tax application to stays of thirty days or more and the city visitors' committee; and to provide an effective date.

ND - SB2268 AN ACT to provide for a regional autism spectrum disorder centers of early intervention and achievement pilot program; to provide for a report to the legislative management; to provide for a report to the sixty-third legislative assembly; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide an expiration date.

ND - SB2196 AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 49-22-03 and subsection 1 of section 49-22-22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of energy conversion facility and to siting application fees.

ND - SB2255 AN ACT to create and enact sections 39-22.1-01.1, 39-22.1-05, and 39-22.1-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the licensure of trailer dealers; and to amend and reenact sections 39-22-19, 39-22.1-01, 39-22.1-02, 39-22.1-03, and 39-22.1-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to insurance for motor vehicle dealers and requirements for the licensing of trailer dealers; to provide a penalty; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.

ND - SB2267 A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the parks and recreation department for providing a grant to the International Peace Garden.

ND - SB2186 AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-35-18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the energy development and transmission committee.

ND - SB2210 AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 54-17, a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 54-60.1-01, a new subsection to section 57-35.3-05, a new section to chapter 57-38, and a new subdivision to subsection 7 of section 57-38-30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a housing incentive fund and tax credits for contributions to the fund; to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 54-17-07.2 and section 57-35.3-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of multifamily housing facility and payment of the financial institutions tax; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.

ND - SB2317 AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the approval of theological studies instructors; and to amend and reenact section 15.1-21-02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to theological studies courses.

ND - SB2275 AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the office of management and budget for community service supervision grants; and to provide legislative intent.

ND - HB1147 A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to school district bullying policies.

ND - HB1173 AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-21-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to when headlamps and taillamps are required to be illuminated on a motor vehicle.

ND - HB1179 A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 53-06.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the conduct and play of the horse racing game; and to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 53-06.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the games eligible organizations are authorized to conduct.

ND - HB1183 AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 26.1-47 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to preferred provider arrangements with dental service providers; and to provide for application.

ND - HB1185 AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 24-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to advertisement of road construction contracts; and to amend and reenact section 24-05-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to advertising contracts for road construction and equipment.

ND - HB1199 AN ACT to provide for a study of guardianship services for vulnerable adults in the state; and to provide an appropriation.

ND - HB1200 AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-53-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to members of the advisory transportation council to the upper great plains transportation institute.

ND - HB1214 AN ACT to create and enact sections 15.1-02-18.1 and 15.1-02-18.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the statewide longitudinal data system and the mandatory provision of information; to amend and reenact section 15.1-02-18, subsection 6 of section 23-02.1-27, and section 52-01-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the statewide longitudinal data system and to the disclosure of records; and to repeal section 44-04-18.14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the followup information on North Dakota education and training system.

ND - HB1216 AN ACT to provide that hydraulic fracturing is an acceptable recovery process in North Dakota; and to declare an emergency.

ND - HB1231 A BILL for an Act for limiting the authority of a university president; and to provide an expiration date.

ND - HB1241 AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 38-11.1 and section 38-11.1-04.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to notice of oil and gas drilling operations and compensation for loss of agricultural production and income caused by oil and gas production; to amend and reenact sections 38-11.1-02, 38-11.1-04, 38-11.1-08, and 47-16-39.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to damage and disruption payments for damages caused by oil and gas production, agreement with offer of settlement, and the obligation to pay oil and gas royalties; to repeal section 38-11.1-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to notice of oil and gas drilling operations; and to provide an effective date.

ND - HB1245 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 40-57.3-01 and 40-57.3-01.1, subsection 1 of section 57-39.2-02.1, and subsection 22 of section 57-39.2-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to city lodging tax and state sales tax application to hotel, motel, and tourist court stays; and to provide an effective date.

ND - HB1248 AN ACT to create and enact chapter 15.1-04.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to entry into the compact on educational opportunity for military children; to amend and reenact sections 15.1-06-01 and 15.1-21-02.1 and subsection 1 of section 15.1-29-13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the age of school admission, the issuance of high school diplomas, and the charging of tuition; to provide for a report; to provide a funding source; and to provide an expiration date.

ND - HB1250 A BILL for an Act to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15.1-19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to school district bullying policies.

ND - HB1277 A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 38-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to failure of an abandoned oil and gas well to hold a lease by production; to amend and reenact subdivision l of subsection 1 of section 38-08-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to determination of abandoned-well status; and to provide for retroactive application.

ND - HB1281 A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 26.1-36 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to individual accident and health insurance coverage.

ND - HB1291 A BILL for an Act to authorize the governor to enter the state in the interstate health care freedom compact.

ND - HB1345 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subdivision g of subsection 1 of section 57-02-08.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the valuation of a homestead eligible for the homestead credit; and to provide an effective date.

ND - HB1362 A BILL for an Act to provide for oil and gas impact loans from the legacy fund and to provide for repayment; and to provide an effective date.

ND - HB1363 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 15-70-04 and 57-51.1-07.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to grants for nonbeneficiary students enrolled in tribally controlled community colleges; and to provide an appropriation.

ND - HB1373 A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation for federally designated head start programs in the state.

ND - HB1385 A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the attendance of mature students at institutions of higher education.

ND - HB1418 AN ACT to provide standards for audits of pharmacy records; and to provide a penalty.

ND - HB1426 AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 44-08-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to travel reimbursement rates for state employees and officers.

ND - HB1446 A BILL for an Act to provide for an oil refinery incentive grant program; to provide a contingent appropriation; and to provide an exemption.

ND - HB1465 AN ACT to create and enact six new sections to chapter 15.1-19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the prevention of bullying in public schools.

ND - HB1467 AN ACT to amend and reenact section 57-51.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a triggered oil extraction tax rate reduction; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.

ND - HCR3005 A concurrent resolution recognizing the 25th anniversary of the formation of North Dakota's sister state relationship with the Province of Taiwan, Republic of China.

ND - HCR3008 A concurrent resolution urging Congress to clearly delegate responsibility for the regulation of hydraulic fracturing to the states.

ND - HCR3010 A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Management to study passenger rail service within the state, including options for the implementation of a passenger rail service route in the southern part of the state.

ND - HCR3014 A concurrent resolution to create and enact a new section to article XI of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to freedom of choice in health care.

ND - HCR3015 A concurrent resolution reaffirming North Dakota's sovereignty under the 10th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States and to demand the federal government halt its practice of assuming powers and imposing mandates on the states for purposes not enumerated in the Constitution of the United States.

ND - HCR3017 A concurrent resolution urging Congress to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

ND - HCR3025 A concurrent resolution declaring March 10, 2011, as "Canada Day at the North Dakota Capitol".

ND - HCR3028 A concurrent resolution urging Congress to adopt legislation prohibiting the Environmental Protection Agency by any legal means from regulating greenhouse emissions, including, if necessary, defunding Environmental Protection Agency greenhouse gas regulatory activities; imposing a moratorium on adoption on any new air quality regulations by the Environmental Protection Agency by any legal means, except those regulations directly addressing an imminent health or environmental emergency, for a period of at least two years; and requiring the administration to undertake a study identifying all regulatory activity the Environmental Protection Agency intends to undertake in furtherance of its goal of "taking action on climate change and improving air quality" and specifying the cumulative effect of all these regulations on the economy, jobs, and American economic competitiveness.

ND - SB2127 AN ACT to amend and reenact section 19-10-03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to ethanol dispensing unit labeling requirements.

ND - SB2129 AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 57-51-15 and 57-51.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to legacy fund deposits of oil and gas tax collections and holding political subdivisions harmless against related allocation reductions; and to provide an effective date.

ND - SB2140 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 57-62-01, 57-62-03.1, and 57-62-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to availability of oil and gas impact grant funds to park districts.

ND - SB2141 AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12-44.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the granting of performance-based sentence reduction to offenders in a correctional facility; and to amend and reenact section 12-54.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to performance-based sentence reduction.

ND - SB2144 A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to authority of the industrial commission to provide matching grants for applied research at North Dakota higher education institutions to increase the recovery rate or percentage share of oil recovered from geologic formations in North Dakota; and to provide an appropriation.

ND - SB2177 A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 39-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to overtaking a bicycle.

ND - SB2183 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subdivision d of subsection 1 of section 6-08-16 and subsections 2 and 3 of section 6-08-16.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the penalties for issuing a check without sufficient funds or without an account; and to provide a penalty.

ND - SB2191 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 40-01-09.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to publication of park district board proceedings.

ND - SB2207 AN ACT to create and enact section 39-04-18.2 and a new subsection to section 57-40.3-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to temporary motor vehicle registration and excise tax; to amend and reenact subdivisions c and e of subsection 2 of section 39-04-18, subsection 2 of section 39-06.1-06, and section 39-06.1-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to motor vehicle registration; to provide legislative intent; and to declare an emergency.

ND - SB2211 AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 37-19.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exemptions to veterans' preference and public employees.

ND - SB2282 AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 61-02-12 and 61-04.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to compensation of members of the state water commission and members of the North Dakota atmospheric resource board.

ND - SB2284 AN ACT to provide for an interstate compact on industrialized or modular buildings.

ND - SB2294 AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 57-01-02, sections 57-01-05 and 57-02-11, subsection 3 of section 57-12-06, and sections 57-13-04, 57-13-05, 57-13-07, 57-13-08, and 57-14-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to assessments of property, powers and duties of the state supervisor of assessments, listing of individual property records, the duties of the state board of equalization, and the duties of county assessors.

ND - SB2307 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subdivision b of subsection 5 of section 57-51-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to county infrastructure fund grants to school districts to offset oil and gas development impact; and to provide an effective date.

ND - SB2314 A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the superintendent of public instruction for grants to the prevention advisory task force.

ND - SB2316 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 15.1-09-33 and 15.1-27-03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the provision of alternative schools and alternative school programs to students in grades six through twelve; to provide an effective date; and to declare an emergency.

ND - SB2318 AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study relating to carbon dioxide storage easements and to the duration of carbon dioxide storage easements.

ND - SB2347 AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 23-37-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to financial responsibility; and to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 23-37-18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the petroleum compensation fund.

ND - SB2348 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 57-51.2-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to requirements for agreements with the Three Affiliated Tribes for the taxation and regulation of oil and gas exploration and production within the boundaries of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation; and to provide an effective date.

ND - SB2353 A BILL for an Act to provide for state and political subdivision consultation and coordination with Indian tribal governments.

ND - SB2355 A BILL for an Act to provide for a legislative management study of reduction of the flaring of natural gas.

ND - SCR4022 A concurrent resolution urging Congress to sell federal land to long-term lessees of the land in this state.