North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly
North Dakota HCR3036: A concurrent resolution to amend and reenact sections 7 and 13 of article IV of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to sessions of the legislative assembly; and to provide an effective date.
Status: Failed, March 17, 2025
Relating to sessions of the legislative assembly; and to provide an effective date.
What the bill says
A concurrent resolution to amend and reenact sections 7 and 13 of article IV of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to sessions of the legislative assembly; and to provide an effective date. STATEMENT OF INTENT This measure would authorize the legislative assembly to meet in a regular session annually or biennially for a maximum of one hundred days during the biennium and provides these changes will take effect on January 1, 2027.
From the introduced text, February 25, 2025:
A concurrent resolution to amend and reenact sections 7 and 13 of article IV of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to sessions of the legislative assembly; and to provide an effective date. STATEMENT OF INTENT This measure would authorize the legislative assembly to meet in a regular session annually or biennially for a maximum of one hundred days during the biennium and provides these changes will take effect on January 1, 2027. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF NORTH DAKOTA, THE SENATE CONCURRING THEREIN: That the following proposed amendments to sections 7 and 13 of article IV of the Constitution of North Dakota are agreed to and must be submitted to the qualified electors of North Dakota at the general election to be held in 2026, in accordance with section 16 of article IV of the Constitution of North Dakota. SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 7 of article IV of the Constitution of North Dakota is amended and reenacted as follows: Section 7. The terms of members of the legislative assembly begin on the first day of December following their election. The legislative assembly shall meet at the seat of government in the month of December following the election of the members thereof for organizational and orientation purposes as provided by law and shall thereafter recess until …