North Dakota Legislature
2023 Veteran Legislation Summary | Updated May 4, 2023
Delivery of Veterans' Services by the State and Counties
A concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Council to study the delivery of veterans' services by the state and counties.
- Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
- Passed
Income Tax Deduction
A BILL relating to income tax deduction for income of national guard and reserve volunteers for federal active duty; and to provide an effective date.
- Sens. Dever, Cook, Wardner, Reps. Carlisle, L. Meier, Thoreson
- Passed
- Financial
- Financial: Income Tax
- National Guard Specific
Veterans' Home and DVA expenses
A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the veterans' home and department of veterans' affairs; and to provide legislative intent.
- Governor
- Passed
Appropriations
A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of transportation; to create and enact a new section to chapter 24-01, section 24-02-40.1, a new section to chapter 24-08, and section 57-43.1-03.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the highway performance classification plan, grant or revenue anticipation financing by the department of transportation, naming of the liberty memorial bridge, and refunds of certain fuels taxes paid by native Americans; to amend and reenact sections 24-01-03, 24-01-51, 39-04-19, 57-40.3-10, 57-43.1-02, and 57-43.2-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to highway and bridge maintenance, haying of no-mow areas, motor vehicle registration fees, motor vehicle excise tax revenue, and motor vehicle fuels and special fuels tax rates; to repeal section 39-04-29.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to allocation of motor vehicle registration fees; to provide an effective date; to provide a contingent expiration date; and to declare an emergency.
- Governor
- Passed
Appropriation
A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the commissioner of university and school lands; to provide a continuing appropriation; to provide for distribution amounts from permanent funds; and to create and enact a new section to chapter 15-08.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a continuing appropriation from the lands and minerals trust fund.
- Governor
- Passed
Tuition
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 15-10-19.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of resident student for tuition purposes.
- State Board of Higher Education
- Passed
Higher Education Tuition and Fees
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 15-10-18.3 and 15-10-18.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to free higher education tuition and fees for dependents of veterans and survivors of firefighters, emergency medical services personnel, and peace officers.
- State Board of Higher Education
- Passed
Job Service Charging of Fees for Services
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 52-08-13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to charging of fees for services; and to provide a continuing appropriation.
- Job Service North Dakota
- Passed
Motor Vehicle Excise Tax
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 57-40.3-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the exemption from motor vehicle excise taxes on the acquisition or lease of a motor vehicle by a disabled veteran.
- Tax Commissioner
- Passed
- Financial: Vehicle License and Tax
Veterans' Home Admission Requirements
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 37-15-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to admission requirements for veterans at the veterans' home.
- Veterans' Home
- Passed
Veterans' Aid Fund
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 37-14-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to collecting fees on loans from the veterans' aid fund.
- Department of Veterans' Affairs
- Passed
Adjusted Compensation
A BILL for an Act to provide adjusted compensation for eligible resident veterans and for the filing and payment of claims, duties of the adjutant general, and exemption from taxation and execution for such payments; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency.
- Sens. Lyson, Syverson, Tallackson, Reps. Martinson, Maragos, Aarsvold (Adjutant General)
- Passed
Tuition Waivers and Grants
A BILL relating to tuition waivers and grants for national guard members.
- Sens. Taylor, Brown, Lyson, Reps. Amerman, DeKrey, Nelson
- Failed in Senate
Supervision of CVSOs
A BILL relating to funding and veterans' records; relating to supervision of county veterans' service officers and duties of the commissioner of veterans' affairs; and to provide a continuing appropriation.
- Sens. Syverson, Dever, G. Lee, Reps. Belter, Bernstein, S. Kelsch
- Passed
Absentee Voting
Allows servicemembers to vote by fax or email with sufficient safeguards to protect the integrity of the process. Ensures that servicemembers mobilized in remote areas can still vote.
- Sen. Krebsbach, Rep. Haas
- Passed
Main Avenue Bridge
A concurrent resolution designating, in conjunction with the state of Minnesota, the Main Avenue bridge between Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota, as the Veterans Memorial Bridge.
- Sens. Syverson, Flakoll, Nelson, Reps. Bernstein, Ekstrom, Grande
- Passed
US Highway 2
A concurrent resolution designating United States Highway 2 through the state of North Dakota as the 164th Infantry Memorial Highway.
- Sens. Trenbeath, Lyson, Mutch, Seymour, Reps. Delmore, D. Johnson
- Passed
Paying Tribute
A concurrent resolution paying tribute to North Dakota military personnel who have died in Iraq.
- Sens. Stenehjem, Grindberg, O'Connell, Reps. Berg, Boucher, Klein
- Passed
Definition of State's Militia
A concurrent resolution for the amendment of section 16 of article XI of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to the definition of this state's militia; and to provide an effective date.
- Sens. Mathern, Triplett, Rep. DeKrey
- Passed
United States Flag Education
A concurrent resolution urging all educators to ensure that the schoolchildren of North Dakota are taught the history of the United States flag, that they are taught to respect the flag, to exercise proper flag etiquette, and to understand that the flag is the most visible and enduring symbol of the American spirit.
- Sens. Bowman, Bercier, Reps. Klein, Schmidt
- Passed