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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota creates legacy earnings fund, caps property value increases at three percent, and provides property tax reductions
Last action · May 2, 2025: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 0 nays 46Sponsors: Robin Weisz and 9 others
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What This Bill Proposed
North Dakota establishes a legacy earnings fund and a legacy property tax relief fund, limits annual taxable property valuation increases to three percent, and reduces s by 2.75 percent for residential property and 1.5 percent for agricultural and commercial property. The measure also expands income eligibility thresholds for homestead property tax credits and renter refunds, appropriates $85,001,793 from the general fund for transfer, and allocates $483,400,000 for property tax relief reimbursements for the 2025-2027 .
Property owners across North Dakota face a strict three-percent cap on annual increases while receiving direct property tax valuation reductions, funded in part by distributions from the state legacy fund and an $85 million general fund transfer.
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.
residential property owners
Residential property owners receive a 2.75 percent taxable valuation reduction and benefit from a three-percent cap on annual valuation increases.
agricultural and commercial property owners
Agricultural and commercial property owners receive a 1.5 percent taxable valuation reduction and are subject to the three-percent annual valuation increase cap.
renters
Renters qualify for an increased maximum renter refund of up to $600 from the state general fund.
taxing districts
Taxing districts receive state reimbursement payments apportioned by county treasurers for property tax valuation reductions.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Failed in the Senate.
Procedural history
13 actions- May 2, 2025SenateSecond reading, failed to pass, yeas 0 nays 46
- May 2, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 6 0 0
- Mar 11, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 09:00
- Mar 7, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee
- Feb 25, 2025SenateReceived from House
- Feb 25, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 5
Show 7 earlier actions
- Feb 25, 2025HouseCommitteeAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Feb 24, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 18 1 4
- Feb 13, 2025HouseRereferred to Appropriations
- Feb 13, 2025HouseCommitteeAmendment adopted
- Feb 12, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 0
- Jan 28, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 10:30
- Jan 20, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee
Version history
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Establishment of Permanent Legacy Earnings Distribution Structure
The bill shifts state fiscal policy by systematically directing seven percent of the five-year average legacy fund balance into new dedicated funds for debt service, highway distribution, and property tax relief.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 90)
- Controversy75Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz65Current news / social attention level
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