North Dakota Legislature
2023 Veteran Legislation Summary | Updated May 4, 2023
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
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Financial
- Law/Policy Change
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.
- Passed
- Financial
- Financial: War Bonus
Tuition Waivers and Grants
A BILL relating to tuition waivers and grants for national guard members.
- Failed in Senate
- Education
- Failed Bill
- National Guard Specific
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.
- Passed
- Budget
- Department of Veterans Affairs
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.
- Passed
- Law/Policy Change
- National Guard Specific
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.
- Passed
- Financial
- Financial: Income Tax
- National Guard Specific
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.
- Passed
- Burial & Memorial
- Burial & Memorial: Bridge, Roadway
- Department of Veterans Affairs
US Highway 2
A concurrent resolution designating United States Highway 2 through the state of North Dakota as the 164th Infantry Memorial Highway.
- Passed
- Burial & Memorial
- Burial & Memorial: Bridge, Roadway
- Department of Veterans Affairs
A concurrent resolution paying tribute to North Dakota military personnel who have died in Iraq.
- Passed
- Appreciation of Veterans and Military
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.
- Passed
- Law/Policy Change
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.
- Passed
- Education
A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the veterans' home and department of veterans' affairs.
- Governor
- House Appropriations Committee
- Passed
- Budget
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Financial
- Veterans Home
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; and to declare an emergency.
- Budget Committee on Government Administration
- Legislative Council
- Failed in House
- Failed Bill
- Law/Policy Change
- Veterans Home
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 37-15-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to admission requirements for spouses and surviving spouses of veterans at the veterans' home; and to declare an emergency.
- Budget Committee on Government Administration
- Legislative Council
- Failed in House
- Failed Bill
- Law/Policy Change
- Veterans Home
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 37-15-14.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the veterans' home membership contribution; and to declare an emergency.
- Budget Committee on Government Administration
- Legislative Council
- Passed
- Law/Policy Change
- Veterans Home
A BILL for an Act to provide for a legislative council study of the future role of the veterans' home; to provide an appropriation; and to declare an emergency.
- Budget Committee on Government Administration
- Legislative Council
- Failed in House
- Budget
- Failed Bill
- Financial
- Veterans Home
- Study
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 52-09 and a new section to chapter 52-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to administration of the old-age and survivor insurance system and authority of the executive director of job service North Dakota; to amend and reenact section 52-09-03, subsection 4 of section 52-09-07, and subsections 6 and 9of section 52-09-20 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to administration of the old-age and survivor insurance system, primary insurance benefits under the old-age and survivor insurance system, authority of the executive director of job service North Dakota, and legislative appropriations for the expenses of administration; and to repeal section 52-09-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the previous authority of the employment security bureau.
- Job Service North Dakota
- House Industry, Business and Labor Committee
- Passed
- Budget
- Employment
- Financial
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 37-15-14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to veterans' home general fund appropriation expenditures.
- Office of Management and Budget
- House Appropriations Committee
- Passed
- Budget
- Financial
- Veterans Home
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 37-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to rights of persons who are called into active state or federal military service; and to declare an emergency.
- Adjutant General
- House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
- Passed
- Law/Policy Change
A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 37-01-01, 37-01-04, 37-01-09, 37-01-11, 37-01-12, 37-01-21, 37-01-26, 37-01-28, 37-01-30, 37-02-01, 37-02-02, 37-02-04, 37-03-05, 37-03-07, 37-03-11, 37-04-02, 37-04-07, 37-04-09, 37-07-01, 37-07-03, 37-07-04, 37-07-05, 37-07-06, 37-08-03, 37-08-04, 37-11-01, and 37-11-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to requirements for membership in the military forces of the state; and to provide an effective date.
- Adjutant General
- House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
- Failed in House
- Failed Bill
- Law/Policy Change