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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota HB 1006 appropriates $127.7 million for the Tax Commissioner's office and tax credits for 2025–2027
Last action · June 11, 2025: Filed with Secretary Of State 05/12
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What This Bill Does
North Dakota appropriates $127,712,123 in total funds ($127,587,123 from the general fund) for the Office of the State Tax Commissioner and property tax relief programs for the 2025–2027 , while raising the State Tax Commissioner's salary.
Changes funding levels for the homestead and disabled veterans' tax credits, shifts administrative funding mechanisms, and adjusts the elected tax commissioner's annual salary for local taxpayers and state workers.
- The State Tax Commissioner in North Dakota is an elected official heading the agency responsible for administering state tax laws and property tax relief programs. context
- Biennial appropriations bills are primary funding mechanisms passed every two years by the North Dakota Legislative Assembly to finance state agency operations. context
Who It Affects
Groups the bill's text affects, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Office of the State Tax Commissioner
Receives its operational budget, staffing pool allocations, and program funding for the 2025–2027 biennium.
State Tax Commissioner
Receives an adjusted annual salary under amended state code.
Disabled veterans
Eligible for state tax credit reimbursements backed by a $29,400,000 appropriation line item.
Homeowners eligible for homestead tax credits
Their state tax credit reimbursement program is funded at $60,600,000 for the biennium.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
30 actions- Jun 11, 2025Filed with Secretary Of State 05/12
- May 17, 2025HouseEnrolledSigned by Governor 05/12
- May 2, 2025HouseEnrolledSent to Governor
- May 2, 2025HouseSigned by Speaker
- May 2, 2025SenateSigned by President
- May 2, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0
Show 24 earlier actions
- May 2, 2025SenateCommitteeConference committee report adopted
- May 2, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar
- May 2, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 3
- May 2, 2025HouseCommitteeConference committee report adopted
- May 2, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar
- Apr 24, 2025SenateCommitteeConference committee appointed Wanzek Sickler Burckhard
- Apr 23, 2025HouseCommitteeConference committee appointed Pyle Kempenich Meier
- Apr 23, 2025HouseRefused to concur
- Apr 21, 2025HouseReturned to House (12)
- Apr 21, 2025SenateEmergency clause carried
- Apr 21, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0
- Apr 21, 2025SenateCommitteeAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Apr 18, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 16 0 0
- Mar 12, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 10:00
- Mar 7, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee
- Feb 25, 2025SenateReceived from House
- Feb 25, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 1
- Feb 25, 2025HouseCommitteeAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Feb 25, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 22 0 1
- Feb 5, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 08:30
- Jan 29, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 10:00
- Jan 23, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 03:30
- Jan 16, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 09:30
- Jan 7, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee
Version history
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Discoveries
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Motor Vehicle Fuel Tax Transfer
The general fund is reimbursed by $1,761,168 transferred directly out of motor vehicle tax revenues collected under section 57-43.1-02.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz15Current news / social attention level
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