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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota appropriates $27.1 million to the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents and adds two positions
Last action · April 24, 2025: Filed with Secretary Of State 04/22
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What This Bill Does
North Dakota appropriates $27,153,882 for the Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents for the 2025-27 , increases its full-time equivalent positions to 43, and mandates a legislative study on establishing a public defenders office.
The measure determines state funding and staffing levels for indigent defense services over a two-year period, allocating $25,104,666 from the general fund.
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Commission on Legal Counsel for Indigents
Receives $27,153,882 in biennial appropriations, a staffing level of 43 FTE positions, and a mandate for an interim administrative study.
Attorneys employed by the commission
Subject to a newly enacted subsection under North Dakota Century Code section 54-44.3-20 relating to state service employment categories.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
21 actions- Apr 24, 2025Filed with Secretary Of State 04/22
- Apr 23, 2025SenateEnrolledSigned by Governor 04/21
- Apr 18, 2025SenateEnrolledSent to Governor
- Apr 18, 2025SenateSigned by President
- Apr 18, 2025HouseSigned by Speaker
- Apr 15, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0
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- Apr 15, 2025SenateConcurred
- Apr 7, 2025SenateReturned to Senate (12)
- Apr 4, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading, passed as amended, yeas 81 nays 9
- Apr 1, 2025HouseCommitteeAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Mar 31, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 20 0 3
- Mar 24, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 03:30
- Mar 18, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 08:30
- Mar 7, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 08:30
- Feb 18, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee
- Feb 4, 2025HouseReceived from Senate
- Feb 3, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0
- Jan 31, 2025SenateCommitteeAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Jan 30, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 4
- Jan 13, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 09:30
- Jan 7, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee
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Cross-reference to House Bill 1015
The bill explicitly links its new and vacant FTE pool transfer mechanism to the guidelines and reporting provisions established in House Bill No. 1015.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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