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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota bill empowers labor commissioner to investigate landlord disputes and penalize non-compliance
Last action · February 4, 2025: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 5 nays 41Sponsors: Ryan Braunberger and 4 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Senate Bill 2237 directs the labor commissioner to investigate tenant complaints and take against landlords who fail to comply with specific state housing and eviction statutes. Before penalizing a landlord, the commissioner must provide written notice and an opportunity to correct the violation.
Changes regulatory oversight by establishing a formal administrative process for tenant grievances through the labor commissioner, affecting how landlord-tenant disputes are handled under chapters 34-05, 47-16, and 47-32 of the North Dakota Century Code.
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.
tenants
Tenants gain a formal mechanism to file complaints with the labor commissioner regarding landlord non-compliance with specific housing statutes.
landlords
Landlords become subject to investigation and potential disciplinary action by the labor commissioner for failures to comply with sections 47-16-20 and 47-32-02.
labor commissioner
The labor commissioner is assigned new statutory duties to receive and investigate tenant complaints, issue written notices, and administer disciplinary actions.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What triggers an investigation by the labor commissioner under this bill?
Can a landlord be penalized immediately upon receiving a complaint?
How must the disciplinary notice be delivered to a landlord?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Failed in the Senate.
Procedural history
4 actions- Feb 4, 2025SenateSecond reading, failed to pass, yeas 5 nays 41
- Feb 3, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 4 0 1
- Jan 29, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 11:00
- Jan 17, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Industry and Business Committee
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 40)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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