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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota HB 1616 broadens voter list access to any person while restricting resale
Last action · February 18, 2025: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 0 nays 88Sponsors: Andrew Marschall and 4 others
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What This Bill Proposed
HB 1616 permits the state to provide voter lists and reports to any person located inside or outside the state for election-related purposes, while prohibiting the sale or distribution of that data for non-election purposes.
Changes who is legally eligible to request voter data from restricted political entities and candidates to the general public, while adding statutory prohibitions against commercial or non-election redistribution.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
any person
Individuals outside of official political campaigns or parties become legally eligible to request voter lists and reports for election-related purposes.
secretary of state
Must deposit all funds received for producing voter reports and lists into the general services operating fund.
Key Facts
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Failed in the House.
Procedural history
4 actions- Feb 18, 2025HouseSecond reading, failed to pass, yeas 0 nays 88
- Feb 17, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 9 2 3
- Feb 6, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 02:00
- Jan 20, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 35)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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