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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota Appropriates $62 Million for Parks and Recreation and Restricts New Park Creation
Last action · June 11, 2025: Filed with Secretary Of State 05/19
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What This Bill Does
North Dakota appropriates $62,091,715 to the Parks and Recreation Department and International Peace Garden for the 2025-27 , while requiring legislative approval to create or rename state parks.
The measure allocates millions in state funds for park maintenance, local grants, and capital projects while shifting authority over state park designations exclusively to the legislative assembly.
- The North Dakota Legislative Assembly convenes biennially to pass appropriations acts funding state agencies for two-year fiscal cycles. 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.
Parks and Recreation Department
Receives biennial funding, capital project appropriations, and new restrictions on creating or renaming state parks.
International Peace Garden
Receives grants and project funding subject to matching requirements from the province of Manitoba.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can state agencies create a new state park under this law?
How much funding is allocated for state parks deferred maintenance?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law with line-item vetoes.
Procedural history
30 actions- Jun 11, 2025Filed with Secretary Of State 05/19
- May 17, 2025HouseEnrolledSigned by Governor, but item veto 05/19
- May 2, 2025HouseEnrolledSent to Governor
- May 2, 2025HouseSigned by Speaker
- May 2, 2025SenateSigned by President
- May 1, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed as amended, yeas 34 nays 12
Show 24 earlier actions
- May 1, 2025SenateCommitteeConference committee report adopted
- May 1, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar
- May 1, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 76 nays 13
- May 1, 2025HouseCommitteeConference committee report adopted
- Apr 29, 2025HouseLaid over one legislative day
- Apr 29, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar
- Apr 16, 2025SenateCommitteeConference committee appointed Thomas Sorvaag Bekkedahl
- Apr 14, 2025HouseCommitteeConference committee appointed Sanford Swiontek Martinson
- Apr 14, 2025HouseRefused to concur
- Apr 10, 2025HouseReturned to House (12)
- Apr 10, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed as amended, yeas 39 nays 8
- Apr 10, 2025SenateCommitteeAmendment failed
- Apr 10, 2025SenateCommitteeAmendment proposed on floor
- Apr 10, 2025SenateCommitteeAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Apr 9, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 1 0
- Mar 6, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 02:00
- Feb 20, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee
- Feb 20, 2025SenateReceived from House
- Feb 19, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 73 nays 18
- Feb 18, 2025HouseCommitteeAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Feb 17, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 19 0 4
- Jan 27, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 02:00
- Jan 14, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 02:00
- Jan 7, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee
Version history
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Full breakdown
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Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Legislative Oversight on Park Creation
The bill establishes a new statutory requirement shifting power over the creation and naming of state parks directly to the legislative assembly.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance85How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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