Bob Paulson
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Complete Vote History
Increasing Medicaid Senate
HB1485 Increasing Medicaid (passed 46 to 1 on 4/28/2025). Increases the “personal monthly needs allowance” for Medicaid recipients by $15 beginning July 1, 2025, and requires an adjustment annually based on inflation.
HB1297 Prohibiting Ranked-Choice Voting (passed 38 to 8 on 4/8/2025). Prohibits ranked-choice voting, as well as approval voting, in all elections.
HB1388 Repeal of Marriage Tax Penalty (failed 13 to 33 on 3/25/2025). Would have repealed the state’s income tax “marriage penalty.”
HB1418 Warrantless Arrest for "Harassment" (passed 44 to 1 on 3/25/2025). Creates an exemption for a law-enforcement officer to arrest a person without a warrant for the offense of “harassing” a public safety agency.
HB1441 Ban on Central Bank Digital Currency (failed 18 to 27 on 3/10/2025). Would have excluded a Central Bank Digital Currency from the definition of “money,” while recognizing gold and silver specie as “legal tender.”
SB2322 Stopping CO2 Pipelines (failed 21 to 26 on 2/10/2025). Would have revoked the common-carrier status of, and ended the use of eminent domain for, carbon dioxide pipelines.
Firearm Merchant Codes Senate
HB1487 Firearm Merchant Codes (Passed 45 to 2 on 4/25/2023). Prohibits financial entities' use of merchant codes to track firearm and ammunition-related purchases.
Ranked-Choice Voting Ban Senate
HB1273 Ranked-Choice Voting Ban (Veto Override Rejected 28 to 19 on 4/19/2023). Prohibits ranked-choice voting in North Dakota.
Sound Money Senate
HB1082 Sound Money (Passed 34 to 12 on 3/10/2023). Changes North Dakota’s definition of money to ban free-market-based cryptocurrencies and pave the way for a government-issued Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
SCR4012 Rescinding Article V Applications (Rejected 15 to 31 on 2/21/2023). Rescinds all extant applications by the North Dakota Legislative Assembly to call a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, under Article V of the United States Constitution.
SCR4012 Rescinding Article V Applications (Rejected 15 to 31 on 2/21/2023). Rescinds all extant applications by the North Dakota Legislative Assembly to call a convention to propose amendments to the United States Constitution, under Article V of the United States Constitution.
Property Rights Senate
SB2212 Property Rights (Rejected 12 to 35 on 2/16/2023). Prohibits the use of eminent domain to construct carbon-capture pipelines in North Dakota.
Mask Mandates House
HB1323 Mask Mandates (passed 66 to 27 on 4/22/2021). Prevents any government within the state, including schools, from being able to mandate the wearing of masks.
Nullification House
HB1282 Nullification (failed 38 to 55 on 4/19/2021). Creates a committee with the purpose of acting on federal nullification of any unconstitutional law.
Gun Rights - Enforcement House
HB1383 Gun Rights - Enforcement (passed 80 to 12 on 4/19/2021). Prohibits a law enforcement officer or individual employed by the government within the state to provide assistance with an investigation, prosecution, or enforcement of an unconstitutional federal gun control law.
HB1383 Gun Rights - Enforcement (passed 80 to 12 on 4/19/2021). Prohibits a law enforcement officer or individual employed by the government within the state to provide assistance with an investigation, prosecution, or enforcement of an unconstitutional federal gun control law.
Article V Con-Con House
HCR3033 Article V Con-Con (failed 26 to 65 on 3/3/2021). Would have applied to Congress for a Convention of States to propose a congressional term limits amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
HB1429 Compact for a Balanced Budget (passed 75 to 19 on 2/18/2021). Extends North Dakota's current membership in the Compact for a Balanced Budget through 2031.
HB1272 Gun Rights - Nullification (passed 69 to 23 on 2/17/2021). Ensures that personal firearms, firearm accessories, or ammunition manufactured commercially or privately are not subject to unconstitutional federal law.
