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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota Department of Emergency Services authorized to run criminal history checks on job applicants
Last action · March 19, 2025: Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14
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What This Bill Does
The North Dakota Department of Emergency Services is now authorized to require final employment applicants to undergo statewide and nationwide s.
Job seekers applying for positions with the Department of Emergency Services face mandatory background checks covering both state and national records.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Final employment applicants for the Department of Emergency Services
Applicants are required to submit to statewide and nationwide criminal history record checks as a condition of final employment.
Department of Emergency Services
The department is granted the authority to require statewide and nationwide criminal history record checks for final employment applicants.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
16 actions- Mar 19, 2025Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14
- Mar 18, 2025HouseEnrolledSigned by Governor 03/14
- Mar 13, 2025HouseEnrolledSent to Governor
- Mar 13, 2025HouseSigned by Speaker
- Mar 12, 2025SenateSigned by President
- Mar 10, 2025HouseReturned to House
Show 10 earlier actions
- Mar 7, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1
- Mar 7, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 0 2
- Feb 14, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 10:15
- Feb 5, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee
- Jan 16, 2025SenateReceived from House
- Jan 15, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0
- Jan 14, 2025HouseCommitteeAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Jan 13, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0
- Jan 10, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 09:45
- Jan 7, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
Version history
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- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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