Bill Commons

ND HB 1540

vetoed

AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an education savings account program for students who are not enrolled in public school or a homeschool program; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date.

North Dakota · 2025 Regular Session (69th Legislative Assembly) · lower

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Quick answers

Did ND HB 1540 pass?

No. ND HB 1540 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2025-04-29): Filed with Secretary Of State 04/29

What is ND HB 1540 about?

Relating to an education savings account program for students who are not enrolled in public school or a homeschool program; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date.

Who sponsors ND HB 1540?

Ben Koppelman is the primary sponsor of ND HB 1540, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Description

Relating to an education savings account program for students who are not enrolled in public school or a homeschool program; to provide an appropriation; and to provide an effective date.

Introduced
2025-01-20
Latest action
2025-04-29 — Filed with Secretary Of State 04/29
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Sponsors

  • Ben Koppelmanprimary
  • Vicky Steinercosponsor
  • Karen M. Rohrcosponsor
  • Desiree Mortoncosponsor
  • Andrew Marschallcosponsor
  • Jorin Johnsoncosponsor
  • Mike Wobbemacosponsor
  • Justin Gerhardtcosponsor
  • Claire Corycosponsor
  • David A. Clemenscosponsor
  • Keith Boehmcosponsor
  • Dori Hauckcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-04-29

    Filed with Secretary Of State 04/29

    introduction

  2. 2025-04-25

    Veto sustained, yeas 45 nays 48

  3. 2025-04-25

    Consideration of Governor's veto

  4. 2025-04-24

    Vetoed by Governor 04/23

  5. 2025-04-23

    Sent to Governor

    executive-receipt

  6. 2025-04-23

    Signed by Speaker

  7. 2025-04-23

    Signed by President

  8. 2025-04-22

    Motion to reconsider failed

  9. 2025-04-21

    Second reading, passed, yeas 49 nays 43

    passage,reading-2

  10. 2025-04-21

    Concurred

  11. 2025-04-17

    Returned to House (12)

  12. 2025-04-17

    Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 27 nays 20

    passage,reading-2

  13. 2025-04-17

    Amendment failed

    amendment-failure

  14. 2025-04-17

    Amendment proposed on floor

    amendment-introduction

  15. 2025-04-17

    Amendment adopted

  16. 2025-04-17

    Amendment proposed on floor

    amendment-introduction

  17. 2025-04-17

    Amendment adopted, placed on calendar

  18. 2025-04-16

    Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 6 1

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  19. 2025-04-04

    Rereferred to Appropriations

  20. 2025-04-04

    Amendment adopted

  21. 2025-04-03

    Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 2 0

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  22. 2025-03-17

    Committee Hearing 02:30

  23. 2025-03-07

    Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee

    introduction

  24. 2025-02-25

    Received from House

  25. 2025-02-25

    Second reading, passed, yeas 51 nays 39

    passage,reading-2

  26. 2025-02-25

    Amendment adopted, placed on calendar

  27. 2025-02-24

    Reported back amended, do not pass, placed on calendar 19 3 1

    committee-passage,committee-passage-unfavorable

  28. 2025-02-13

    Rereferred to Appropriations

  29. 2025-02-13

    Reconsidered

  30. 2025-02-13

    Second reading, passed, yeas 49 nays 38

    passage,reading-2

  31. 2025-02-12

    Amendment adopted, placed on calendar

  32. 2025-02-11

    Reported back amended, do not pass, placed on calendar 8 6 0

    committee-passage,committee-passage-unfavorable

  33. 2025-02-05

    Committee Hearing 02:30

  34. 2025-01-20

    Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee

    introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Motion for Final Passage on HB 1540

    2025-02-13 · pass · 49-38

    Member-level votes (94)
    • Bert Anderson: yes
    • Karen A. Anderson: yes
    • Macy Bolinske: yes
    • Nels Christianson: yes
    • Jason Dockter: yes
    • Ty Dressler: yes
    • Jay Fisher: yes
    • Kathy Frelich: yes
    • Karen Grindberg: yes
    • Dori Hauck: yes
    • Craig Headland: yes
    • Matthew Heilman: yes
    • Pat D. Heinert: yes
    • Donna Henderson: yes
    • Jared Hendrix: yes
    • Dawson Holle: yes
    • Jorin Johnson: yes
    • Daniel Johnston: yes
    • Karen Karls: yes
    • Jim Kasper: yes
    • Keith Kempenich: yes
    • Ben Koppelman: yes
    • Mike Lefor: yes
    • Scott Louser: yes
    • Roger A. Maki: yes
    • Andrew Marschall: yes
    • Lisa Meier: yes
    • Desiree Morton: yes
    • Mike Motschenbacher: yes
    • Mike Nathe: yes
    • Dennis Nehring: yes
    • SuAnn Olson: yes
    • Doug Osowski: yes
    • Todd Porter: yes
    • Nico Rios: yes
    • Karen M. Rohr: yes
    • Dan Ruby: yes
    • Matthew Ruby: yes
    • Bernie Satrom: yes
    • Mike Schatz: yes
    • Vicky Steiner: yes
    • Gregory Stemen: yes
    • Steve Swiontek: yes
    • Nathan Toman: yes
    • Bill Tveit: yes
    • Lori VanWinkle: yes
    • Steve Vetter: yes
    • Scott Wagner: yes
    • Christina Wolff: yes
    • Dick Anderson: no
    • Mike Beltz: no
    • Mike Berg: no
    • Glenn Bosch: no
    • Mike Brandenburg: no
    • Collette Brown: no
    • Liz Conmy: no
    • Jayme Davis: no
    • Lisa Finley-DeVille: no
    • Austin Foss: no
    • Jim Grueneich: no
    • LaurieBeth Hager: no
    • Jared C. Hagert: no
    • Karla Rose Hanson: no
    • Patrick R. Hatlestad: no
    • Zachary Ista: no
    • Jim Jonas: no
    • Dwight Kiefert: no
    • Lawrence R. Klemin: no
    • Donald W. Longmuir: no
    • Bob Martinson: no
    • Alisa Mitskog: no
    • David Monson: no
    • Eric J. Murphy: no
    • Jon O. Nelson: no
    • Anna S. Novak: no
    • Emily O'Brien: no
    • Jeremy L. Olson: no
    • Mitch Ostlie: no
    • Brandy L. Pyle: no
    • David Richter: no
    • Mark Sanford: no
    • Austen Schauer: no
    • Mary Schneider: no
    • Cynthia Schreiber-Beck: no
    • Don Vigesaa: no
    • Daniel R. Vollmer: no
    • Jonathan Warrey: no
    • Landon Bahl: other
    • Josh Christy: other
    • Gretchen Dobervich: other
    • Clayton Fegley: other
    • Jeff Hoverson: other
    • Carrie McLeod: other
    • Robin Weisz: other

  • Motion for Final Passage on HB 1540

    2025-02-26 · pass · 51-39

    Member-level votes (93)
    • Bert Anderson: yes
    • Karen A. Anderson: yes
    • Landon Bahl: yes
    • Macy Bolinske: yes
    • Collette Brown: yes
    • Nels Christianson: yes
    • Jason Dockter: yes
    • Ty Dressler: yes
    • Clayton Fegley: yes
    • Jay Fisher: yes
    • Kathy Frelich: yes
    • Karen Grindberg: yes
    • Dori Hauck: yes
    • Craig Headland: yes
    • Matthew Heilman: yes
    • Pat D. Heinert: yes
    • Donna Henderson: yes
    • Jared Hendrix: yes
    • Dawson Holle: yes
    • Jeff Hoverson: yes
    • Jorin Johnson: yes
    • Daniel Johnston: yes
    • Karen Karls: yes
    • Keith Kempenich: yes
    • Dwight Kiefert: yes
    • Ben Koppelman: yes
    • Mike Lefor: yes
    • Roger A. Maki: yes
    • Andrew Marschall: yes
    • Carrie McLeod: yes
    • Lisa Meier: yes
    • Desiree Morton: yes
    • Mike Motschenbacher: yes
    • Dennis Nehring: yes
    • SuAnn Olson: yes
    • Doug Osowski: yes
    • Todd Porter: yes
    • Nico Rios: yes
    • Karen M. Rohr: yes
    • Dan Ruby: yes
    • Matthew Ruby: yes
    • Bernie Satrom: yes
    • Mike Schatz: yes
    • Austen Schauer: yes
    • Vicky Steiner: yes
    • Nathan Toman: yes
    • Bill Tveit: yes
    • Lori VanWinkle: yes
    • Steve Vetter: yes
    • Scott Wagner: yes
    • Christina Wolff: yes
    • Dick Anderson: no
    • Mike Beltz: no
    • Mike Berg: no
    • Glenn Bosch: no
    • Mike Brandenburg: no
    • Liz Conmy: no
    • Jayme Davis: no
    • Gretchen Dobervich: no
    • Lisa Finley-DeVille: no
    • Austin Foss: no
    • Jim Grueneich: no
    • LaurieBeth Hager: no
    • Jared C. Hagert: no
    • Karla Rose Hanson: no
    • Patrick R. Hatlestad: no
    • Zachary Ista: no
    • Jim Jonas: no
    • Lawrence R. Klemin: no
    • Donald W. Longmuir: no
    • Scott Louser: no
    • Bob Martinson: no
    • David Monson: no
    • Eric J. Murphy: no
    • Mike Nathe: no
    • Jon O. Nelson: no
    • Emily O'Brien: no
    • Jeremy L. Olson: no
    • Mitch Ostlie: no
    • Brandy L. Pyle: no
    • David Richter: no
    • Mark Sanford: no
    • Mary Schneider: no
    • Cynthia Schreiber-Beck: no
    • Gregory Stemen: no
    • Steve Swiontek: no
    • Don Vigesaa: no
    • Daniel R. Vollmer: no
    • Jonathan Warrey: no
    • Robin Weisz: no
    • Jim Kasper: other
    • Alisa Mitskog: other
    • Anna S. Novak: other

  • Motion for Final Passage on HB 1540

    2025-04-17 · pass · 27-20

    Member-level votes (47)
    • Michelle Axtman: yes
    • Jeff Barta: yes
    • Todd Beard: yes
    • Keith Boehm: yes
    • Randy A. Burckhard: yes
    • Jose L. Castaneda: yes
    • Sean Cleary: yes
    • David A. Clemens: yes
    • Cole Conley: yes
    • Claire Cory: yes
    • Dick Dever: yes
    • Michael Dwyer: yes
    • Mark Enget: yes
    • Justin Gerhardt: yes
    • David Hogue: yes
    • Diane Larson: yes
    • Jeffery J. Magrum: yes
    • Scott Meyer: yes
    • Bob Paulson: yes
    • Michelle Powers: yes
    • Kristin Roers: yes
    • Jonathan Sickler: yes
    • Desiree van Oosting: yes
    • Chuck Walen: yes
    • Terry M. Wanzek: yes
    • Kent Weston: yes
    • Mike Wobbema: yes
    • Brad Bekkedahl: no
    • Josh Boschee: no
    • Ryan Braunberger: no
    • Kyle Davison: no
    • Robert Erbele: no
    • Kathy Hogan: no
    • Greg Kessel: no
    • Jerry Klein: no
    • Judy Lee: no
    • Randy D. Lemm: no
    • Larry Luick: no
    • Richard Marcellais: no
    • Tim Mathern: no
    • Janne Myrdal: no
    • Dale Patten: no
    • Dean Rummel: no
    • Donald Schaible: no
    • Ronald Sorvaag: no
    • Paul J. Thomas: no
    • Mark F. Weber: no

  • Motion for Final Passage on HB 1540

    2025-04-21 · pass · 49-43

    Member-level votes (94)
    • Landon Bahl: yes
    • Macy Bolinske: yes
    • Glenn Bosch: yes
    • TJ Brown: yes
    • Nels Christianson: yes
    • Jason Dockter: yes
    • Ty Dressler: yes
    • Clayton Fegley: yes
    • Jay Fisher: yes
    • Kathy Frelich: yes
    • Dori Hauck: yes
    • Matthew Heilman: yes
    • Pat D. Heinert: yes
    • Donna Henderson: yes
    • Jared Hendrix: yes
    • Dawson Holle: yes
    • Jeff Hoverson: yes
    • Jorin Johnson: yes
    • Daniel Johnston: yes
    • Karen Karls: yes
    • Jim Kasper: yes
    • Keith Kempenich: yes
    • Dwight Kiefert: yes
    • Ben Koppelman: yes
    • Mike Lefor: yes
    • Roger A. Maki: yes
    • Andrew Marschall: yes
    • Carrie McLeod: yes
    • Lisa Meier: yes
    • Desiree Morton: yes
    • Mike Motschenbacher: yes
    • Mike Nathe: yes
    • Dennis Nehring: yes
    • SuAnn Olson: yes
    • Doug Osowski: yes
    • Todd Porter: yes
    • Karen M. Rohr: yes
    • Dan Ruby: yes
    • Matthew Ruby: yes
    • Bernie Satrom: yes
    • Mike Schatz: yes
    • Austen Schauer: yes
    • Vicky Steiner: yes
    • Nathan Toman: yes
    • Bill Tveit: yes
    • Lori VanWinkle: yes
    • Steve Vetter: yes
    • Scott Wagner: yes
    • Christina Wolff: yes
    • Bert Anderson: no
    • Dick Anderson: no
    • Karen A. Anderson: no
    • Mike Beltz: no
    • Mike Berg: no
    • Mike Brandenburg: no
    • Collette Brown: no
    • Liz Conmy: no
    • Jayme Davis: no
    • Gretchen Dobervich: no
    • Lisa Finley-DeVille: no
    • Austin Foss: no
    • Karen Grindberg: no
    • Jim Grueneich: no
    • LaurieBeth Hager: no
    • Jared C. Hagert: no
    • Karla Rose Hanson: no
    • Patrick R. Hatlestad: no
    • Craig Headland: no
    • Zachary Ista: no
    • Jim Jonas: no
    • Lawrence R. Klemin: no
    • Donald W. Longmuir: no
    • Scott Louser: no
    • Bob Martinson: no
    • Alisa Mitskog: no
    • David Monson: no
    • Eric J. Murphy: no
    • Anna S. Novak: no
    • Emily O'Brien: no
    • Jeremy L. Olson: no
    • Mitch Ostlie: no
    • Brandy L. Pyle: no
    • David Richter: no
    • Mark Sanford: no
    • Mary Schneider: no
    • Cynthia Schreiber-Beck: no
    • Gregory Stemen: no
    • Steve Swiontek: no
    • Don Vigesaa: no
    • Daniel R. Vollmer: no
    • Jonathan Warrey: no
    • Robin Weisz: no
    • Jon O. Nelson: other
    • Nico Rios: other

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