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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota asks voters to raise constitutional amendment approval threshold to 60 percent
Last action · April 15, 2025: Filed with Secretary Of State 04/15Sponsors: Robin Weisz and 6 others
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What This Bill Would Do
North Dakota lawmakers approved a to place a constitutional amendment on the 2026 general election ballot that would require a sixty percent affirmative vote to approve any future constitutional amendment, replacing the current simple majority requirement.
Changes the legal voting threshold required to alter the state constitution, affecting both citizen-led s and legislative proposals by making it harder to pass amendments.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
qualified electors of North Dakota
Voters must reach a higher percentage threshold of sixty percent to enact future constitutional amendments.
sponsors of initiative petitions
Constitutional amendments proposed via initiative petition face a higher passing requirement at the ballot.
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Procedural history
14 actions- Apr 15, 2025HouseFiled with Secretary Of State 04/15
- Apr 15, 2025HouseSigned by Speaker
- Apr 14, 2025SenateSigned by President
- Apr 9, 2025HouseReturned to House
- Apr 9, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, adopted yeas 33 nays 13
- Apr 4, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0
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- Apr 4, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 09:30
- Feb 13, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee
- Jan 30, 2025SenateReceived from House
- Jan 29, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading, adopted yeas 65 nays 28
- Jan 27, 2025HouseCommitteeAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Jan 24, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 5 0
- Jan 16, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 10:45
- Jan 7, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
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