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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota Sets In-State Lodging Reimbursements to Ninety Percent of Federal Rates and Alters Lawmaker Caps
Last action · March 27, 2025: Filed with Secretary Of State 03/26
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What This Bill Does
State employees and legislators are now subject to in-state lodging allowances set at ninety percent of the federal General Services Administration rate, along with adjusted monthly lodging caps for lawmakers and new out-of-state mileage rates.
State officials, employees, and legislators traveling on official business face altered maximum reimbursement limits for lodging and meals, affecting out-of-pocket expenses and public expenditures.
- Senate Bill 2084 was introduced during the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota at the request of the Office of Management and Budget. 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.
State employees
State employees traveling for official business are subject to revised meal quarter times, lodging caps tied to GSA rates, and out-of-state mileage terms.
Members of the legislative assembly
Lawmakers have their maximum monthly lodging reimbursement calculated based on a percentage of daily lodging reimbursement rates.
Office of Management and Budget
The director is tasked with establishing policies to set lodging reimbursement amounts and allowances based on GSA rates.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How is the in-state lodging reimbursement rate determined for state employees?
Can legislators choose to receive less than their maximum allowed lodging reimbursement?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
Current status: Signed into law.
Procedural history
21 actions- Mar 27, 2025Filed with Secretary Of State 03/26
- Mar 26, 2025SenateEnrolledSigned by Governor 03/25
- Mar 24, 2025SenateEnrolledSent to Governor
- Mar 24, 2025SenateSigned by President
- Mar 24, 2025HouseSigned by Speaker
- Mar 19, 2025SenateReturned to Senate
Show 15 earlier actions
- Mar 18, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 72 nays 21
- Mar 17, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 8 2
- Mar 11, 2025HouseRereferred to Appropriations
- Mar 11, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back, do pass 12 0 1
- Mar 6, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 02:00
- Feb 18, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
- Feb 17, 2025HouseReceived from Senate
- Feb 14, 2025SenateFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0
- Feb 13, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back, do pass, place on calendar 15 0 1
- Feb 10, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 03:00
- Feb 3, 2025SenateRereferred to Appropriations
- Feb 3, 2025SenateCommitteeAmendment adopted
- Jan 31, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0
- Jan 17, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 09:00
- Jan 7, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee
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