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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota Approves $55.2 Million Agriculture Budget and Raises Commissioner Salary
Last action · June 11, 2025: Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02
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What This Bill Does
North Dakota appropriates $55.2 million for the agriculture commissioner's expenses for the 2025-2027 , increases the commissioner's annual salary, and funds various agricultural and grant programs. The measure takes effect for the upcoming state budget cycle, with certain fund transfers enacted as an emergency.
The legislation determines state funding levels for agricultural grants, food pantry meat purchases, and rural programs over a two-year period, while adjusting the constitutional salary of an elected state official.
- The agriculture commissioner is an elected constitutional officer in North Dakota who heads the state department of agriculture and administers programs related to livestock, marketing, and crop development. context
- House Bill No. 1009 was introduced by the House Appropriations Committee during the regular session of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Agriculture Commissioner
The office receives its biennial operating budget and a salary adjustment for the incumbent official.
Food pantries
Eligible food pantries receive grant funding specifically designated for meat and protein-related purchases.
Cooperative grazing associations
May receive grant funding through organizations representing them for infrastructure projects on national grasslands.
North Dakota Trade Office
Receives state funding subject to private or public matching requirements for export assistant programs.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
30 actions- Jun 11, 2025Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02
- May 2, 2025HouseEnrolledSigned by Governor 05/01
- May 1, 2025HouseEnrolledSent to Governor
- May 1, 2025HouseSigned by Speaker
- Apr 29, 2025SenateSigned by President
- Apr 28, 2025SenateEmergency clause carried
Show 24 earlier actions
- Apr 28, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0
- Apr 28, 2025SenateCommitteeConference committee report adopted
- Apr 28, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar
- Apr 28, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 76 nays 13, Emergency clause carried
- Apr 28, 2025HouseCommitteeConference committee report adopted
- Apr 25, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar
- Apr 22, 2025SenateCommitteeConference committee appointed Wanzek Erbele Dwyer
- Apr 21, 2025HouseCommitteeConference committee appointed Brandenburg Meier Kempenich
- Apr 21, 2025HouseRefused to concur
- Apr 18, 2025HouseReturned to House (12)
- Apr 18, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 2
- Apr 18, 2025SenateCommitteeAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Apr 16, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0
- Mar 6, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 02:00
- Feb 18, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee
- Feb 18, 2025SenateReceived from House
- Feb 17, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 15
- Feb 14, 2025HouseCommitteeAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Feb 13, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 22 0 1
- Feb 6, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 02:00
- Jan 30, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 02:00
- Jan 24, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 08:30
- Jan 14, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 03:00
- Jan 7, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee
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Inter-Agency Fund Transfers
The budget relies on multiple transfers from external state funds, including the Bank of North Dakota, the Department of Water Resources, and the Game and Fish Department.
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