Appropriations Committee, North Dakota House of Representatives

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The Appropriations Committee is a standing committee of the North Dakota House of Representatives.

Per Section 501 of the House Rules, committees of the North Dakota House of Representatives are assigned by the Committee on Committees. Committees are assigned at the start of an organizational session after every election. The majority leader shall serve as the chair of the Committee on Committees and the speaker of the house shall serve as the vice chairman of the committee. In addition, the majority leader shall appoint five members from the majority party and four members from the minority party to make up the Committee on Committees. The House has one five-day standing committee, the Appropriations Committee, five three-day standing committees and five two-day standing committees. Members can only serve on two standing committees; no more than one three-day and one two-day standing committee. Members of the Appropriations Committee may not serve on any other standing committee. The speaker and the majority and minority leaders can participate in all standing committees but may not vote in the committees, except for the minority leader and the committees to which they were appointed. The majority leader shall appoint the chair and vice-chair of each standing committee.

See rules: Senate and House Legislative Manual 2021-2022

Function

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Measures referred to the Appropriations Committee. 1. Every bill providing an appropriation of five thousand dollars or more must be referred or rereferred to and acted on by the Appropriations Committee before final action by the House thereon, unless otherwise ordered by a majority vote of the members present. 2. Every bill or resolution to which is attached a fiscal note stating that the measure has an effect of fifty thousand dollars or more on the appropriation for a state agency or department must be rereferred to and acted on by the Appropriations Committee before final action by the House thereon, unless otherwise ordered by a majority vote of the members present. 3. A bill or resolution required to be referred or rereferred to the Appropriations Committee which received a do not pass recommendation from committee and which then is passed by the House is deemed reconsidered and must be referred to and acted upon by the Appropriations Committee if that measure has not been referred or rereferred to the Appropriations Committee before passage. The Appropriations Committee shall report the measure back to the House for action in accordance with these rules. 4. Except for bills approved for introduction after the deadline for introduction of bills, all House bills required to be rereferred to the Appropriations Committee must be rereferred not later than the twenty-fifth legislative day and all Senate bills required to be rereferred to the Appropriations Committee must be rereferred not later than the fifty-seventh legislative day. If an appropriation bill is not reported to the floor and rereferred as required herein, the bill is deemed rereferred and is under the jurisdiction of the Appropriations Committee at the end of the twenty-fifth or fifty-seventh legislative day, as appropriate.

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Membership

2023-2024 legislative session

House Appropriations Committee, 2023-2024
Democratic members (0)	Republican members (2)	Third-party members(0)
	Don Vigesaa Chair Keith Kempenich Vice Chair

2021-2022 legislative session

House Appropriations Committee, 2021-2022
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (18)	Third-party members(0)
Alisa Mitskog Corey Mock Tracy Boe	Jeff Delzer Chair Keith Kempenich Vice chair Michelle Strinden Randy Schobinger James Schmidt Mike Schatz Mark Sanford Jon Nelson Mike Nathe David Monson Lisa Meier Bob Martinson Gary Kreidt Michael Howe Michael D. Brandenburg Larry Bellew Bert Anderson Don Vigesaa

2019-2020 legislative session

House Appropriations Committee, 2019-2020
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (18)	Third-party members(0)
Corey Mock Richard Holman Tracy Boe	Jeff Delzer Chair Keith Kempenich Vice chair Randy Schobinger James Schmidt Mike Schatz Mark Sanford Jon Nelson Mike Nathe David Monson Bob Martinson Lisa Meier Gary Kreidt Michael Howe Michael D. Brandenburg Larry Bellew Thomas Beadle Bert Anderson Don Vigesaa

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2017 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.

Appropriations Members, 2017
Democratic members (3)	Republican members (18)
• Tracy Boe	• Jeff Delzer, Chair
• Lois Delmore	• Keith Kempenich, Vice chair
• Richard Holman	• Randy Boehning
	• Roger Brabandt
	• Michael Don Brandenburg
	• Tom Kading
	• Gary Kreidt
	• Bob Martinson
	• Lisa Meier
	• David Monson
	• Mike Nathe
	• Jon Nelson
	• Chet Pollert
	• Mark Sanford
	• Mike Schatz
	• James Schmidt
	• Roscoe Streyle
	• Don Vigesaa

2015 legislative session

The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.

Appropriations Committee Members, 2015
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (18)
• Tracy Boe	• Jeff Delzer, Chairman
• Eliot Glassheim	• Keith Kempenich, Vice Chairman
• Ron Guggisberg	• Larry Bellew
• Kathy Hogan	• Randy Boehning
• Richard Holman	• Michael Don Brandenburg
	• Mark Dosch
	• Gary Kreidt
	• Bob Martinson
	• David Monson
	• Jon Nelson
	• Chet Pollert
	• Mark Sanford, North Dakota Politician
	• James Schmidt
	• Peter Silbernagel
	• Robert Skarphol
	• Roscoe Streyle
	• Blair Thoreson
	• Don Vigesaa

2013-2014

Appropriations Committee Members, 2013
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (17)
• Tracy Boe	• Jeff Delzer, Chairman
• Clark Williams	• Keith Kempenich, Vice Chairman
• Eliot Glassheim	• Robert Skarphol, Chair, Education and Environment
• Ron Guggisberg	• David Monson, Vice Chair
• Rick Holman	• Mark Dosch
	• Bette Grande
	• Bob Martinson
	• Blair Thoreson, Chair, Government Operations
	• Mike D. Brandenburg, Vice Chair
	• Kathy Hawken
	• Mark Sanford
	• Keith Kempenich
	• Chet Pollert, Chair, Human Resources
	• Larry Bellew, Vice Chair
	• Gary Kreidt
	• Jon Nelson
	• Alon Wieland

2011-2012

Appropriations Committee Members, 2011
Democratic members (5)	Republican members (17)
• Clark Williams	• Jeff Delzer, Chairman
• Eliot Glassheim	• Keith Kempenich, Vice Chairman
• Joe Kroeber	• Robert Skarphol, Chair, Education and Environment
• Lee Kaldor	• Kathy Hawken, VIce Chair
• Ralph Metcalf	• Mark Dosch
	• Bob Martinson
	• David Monson
	• Blair Thoreson, Chair, Government Operations
	• Matthew Klein
	• Michael Don Brandenburg
	• Stacey Dahl
	• Keith Kempenich
	• Chet Pollert, Chair, Human Resources
	• Larry Bellew, Vice Chair
	• Gary Kreidt
	• Jon Nelson
	• Alon Wieland

2009-2010

Appropriations Committee Members, 2009
Democratic members (0)	Republican members (2)
	• Ken Svedjan
	• Keith Kempenich

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Footnotes

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Current members of the North Dakota House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Robin Weisz

Majority Leader:Mike Lefor

Minority Leader:Zac Ista

Representatives

District 1

Patrick Hatlestad (R)

David Richter (R)

District 2

Bert Anderson (R)

Donald Longmuir (R)

District 3

Jeff Hoverson (R)

Lori VanWinkle (R)

District 4A

Lisa Finley-DeVille (D)

District 4B

Clayton Fegley (R)

District 5

Jay Fisher (R)

Scott Louser (R)

District 6

Dick Anderson (R)

Dan Vollmer (R)

District 7

Jason Dockter (R)

Matthew Heilman (R)

District 8

Mike Berg (R)

SuAnn Olson (R)

District 9

Collette Brown (D)

Jayme Davis (D)

District 10

Jared Hendrix (R)

Steve Swiontek (R)

District 11

Liz Conmy (D)

Gretchen Dobervich (D)

District 12

Mitch Ostlie (R)

Bernie Satrom (R)

District 13

Jim Jonas (R)

Austen Schauer (R)

District 14

Jon Nelson (R)

Robin Weisz (R)

District 15

Kathy Frelich (R)

Donna Henderson (R)

District 16

Ben Koppelman (R)

Andrew Marschall (R)

District 17

Landon Bahl (R)

Mark Sanford (R)

District 18

Nels Christianson (R)

Steve Vetter (R)

District 19

Karen Anderson (R)

David Monson (R)

District 20

Mike Beltz (R)

Jared Hagert (R)

District 21

LaurieBeth Hager (D)

Mary Schneider (D)

District 22

Brandy Pyle (R)

Jonathan Warrey (R)

District 23

Dennis Nehring (R)

Nico Rios (R)

District 24

Daniel Johnston (R)

Dwight Kiefert (R)

District 25

Alisa Mitskog (D)

Kathy Skroch (R)

District 26

Roger Maki (R)

Kelby Timmons (R)

District 27

Timothy Brown (R)

Greg Stemen (R)

District 28

Michael Brandenburg (R)

Jim Grueneich (R)

District 29

Craig Headland (R)

Don Vigesaa (R)

District 30

Glenn Bosch (R)

Mike Nathe (R)

District 31

Dawson Holle (R)

Karen Rohr (R)

District 32

Patrick Heinert (R)

Lisa Meier (R)

District 33

Anna Novak (R)

Bill Tveit (R)

District 34

Todd Porter (R)

Nathan Toman (R)

District 35

Karen Karls (R)

Bob Martinson (R)

District 36

Ty Dressler (R)

Dori Hauck (R)

District 37

Mike Lefor (R)

Vicky Steiner (R)

District 38

Dan Ruby (R)

Christina Wolff (R)

District 39

Keith Kempenich (R)

Mike Schatz (R)

District 40

Macy Bolinske (R)

Matthew Ruby (R)

District 41

Karen Grindberg (R)

Jorin Johnson (R)

District 42

Doug Osowski (R)

District 43

Zac Ista (D)

Eric Murphy (R)

District 44

Austin Foss (D)

Karla Hanson (D)

District 45

Carrie McLeod (R)

Scott Wagner (R)

District 46

James Kasper (R)

Desiree Morton (R)

District 47

Lawrence Klemin (R)

Mike Motschenbacher (R)

Republican Party (82)

Democratic Party (11)