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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota Constitutional Amendment Proposal to Authorize Regulated Sports Betting for K-12 School Funding
Last action · January 22, 2025: Second reading, failed to adopt yeas 24 nays 70Sponsors: Scott Louser and 9 others
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What This Bill Proposed
House 3002 proposes amending the North Dakota Constitution to allow the state to license, regulate, and tax sports betting on professional and college sports, with all resulting tax revenues directed to public kindergarten through grade twelve schools. The measure was introduced for consideration by voters at the 2026 general election, but failed to pass in the House on January 22, 2025, by a 24-70 vote.
The measure would have created a new legal gambling framework in North Dakota and tied wagering tax revenues directly to public school funding across the state.
- North Dakota has historically maintained strict constitutional prohibitions against most forms of gambling, permitting only limited exceptions such as charitable gaming and a multi-state lottery. context
- Concurrent resolutions in North Dakota proposing constitutional amendments require approval by the legislative assembly to be placed on a statewide general election ballot for voter ratification. context
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.
kindergarten through grade twelve public schools
All tax revenue received from sports betting would have been appropriated for their benefit.
qualified electors of North Dakota
Would have voted on the constitutional amendment at the 2026 general election.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This resolution did not become law - Failed in the House.
Procedural history
5 actions- Jan 22, 2025HouseSecond reading, failed to adopt yeas 24 nays 70
- Jan 17, 2025HouseLaid over three legislative days
- Jan 15, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 13 1 0
- Jan 15, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 09:00
- Jan 7, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee
Version history
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Proposed Constitutional Exception for Sports Betting
The measure sought to carve out an explicit exception to North Dakota's constitutional ban on games of chance to permit regulated sports wagering.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy60Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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