North Dakota · Current officeholder
Kent Weston
Republican North Dakota Senate, District 15
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Sponsored legislation
45 bills in the current data (2 as primary sponsor), sorted by most recent official action. Linked by Open States person ID.
| Bill | Title | Role | Stage | Last action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HB 1144 | AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-06-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to transgender student accommodations and restroom use in public schools; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | June 11, 2025 |
| SB 2396 | AN ACT to amend and reenact section 10-30.5-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to annual audits of the North Dakota development fund; to provide for a performance audit of the North Dakota development fund; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide an appropriation. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | May 2, 2025 |
| SB 2291 | AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 30.1-28 and two new sections to chapter 30.1-29 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to removal, resignation and death of a guardian, notices in a guardianship, notices in a conservatorship, and confidentiality of reports; to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 23-12-13, subsection 1 of section 25-03.1-18.1, subsection 1 of section 27-20.1-17, sections 30.1-01-06 and 30.1-28-03.1, subsection 3 of section 30.1-28-03.2, section 30.1-28-04, subsection 1 of section 30.1-28-05, section 30.1-28-07, subsection 1 of section 30.1-28-09, sections 30.1-28-10.1, 30.1-28-12, 30.1-28-12.1, 30.1-28-12.2, and 30.1-29-05, subsection 6 of section 30.1-29-07, subsection 2 of section 30.1-29-08, sections 30.1-29-13 and 30.1-29-18, subsection 3 of section 30.1-29-19, subsection 1 of section 30.1-29-20.1, subsection 2 of section 30.1-29-22, and subsection 5 of section 30.1-29-25 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to incapacitated persons, court-authorized involuntary treatment, guardianship of a child, guardianship of an incapacitated person, and protection of property of persons under disability and minors; and to repeal sections 30.1-26-01, 30.1-28-08, and 30.1-28-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to visitors in a guardianship proceeding and appointment of successor guardians. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 2, 2025 |
| SB 2180 | AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the opportunity to provide public comment at a meeting of a public entity. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | May 2, 2025 |
| HB 1440 | AN ACT to amend and reenact subdivision d of subsection 3 of section 23-12-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to cigar lounges. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 30, 2025 |
| SB 2307 | AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 12.1-27.1-01 and two new sections to chapter 12.1-27.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of a public library, required safety policies and technology protection measures, and the state's attorney's review of public libraries, school districts, and state agencies for compliance with statutes protecting minors from explicit sexual material; to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 12.1-27.1-01, subsection 2 of section 12.1-27.1-03.1, and sections 12.1-27.1-03.5 and 12.1-27.1-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to obscenity control; to provide for a report to the legislative management; and to provide a penalty. | Co-sponsor | Passed both chambers | April 29, 2025 |
| HB 1209 | AN ACT to provide for a legislative management report relating to a foreign adversary threat assessment conducted by the department of emergency services. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 25, 2025 |
| SB 2251 | AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54-10-01, subsection 5 of section 54-10-14, and sections 54-10-22 and 54-10-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to audits conducted by the state auditor and charges for audits. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 24, 2025 |
| HB 1355 | AN ACT to amend and reenact subdivision b of subsection 1 of section 28-32-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the required abbreviated notice for administrative rulemaking. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 21, 2025 |
| SB 2305 | AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-24.1-47 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the family paid caregiver service pilot project and the cross-disability advisory council; and to provide an appropriation. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 18, 2025 |
| HB 1266 | A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 57-02-08.8 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the property tax credit for disabled veterans; and to provide an effective date. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 15, 2025 |
| HB 1564 | AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 27-19.1-01 and 27-19.1-02, subsection 1 of section 27-19.1-03, subsection 1 of section 27-19.1-04, and sections 27-19.1-05 and 27-19.1-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Indian child welfare. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2025 |
| HB 1205 | AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-25.1-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to abandonment of infants in newborn safety devices. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 14, 2025 |
| HB 1527 | A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to required Holocaust education. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 11, 2025 |
| SB 2348 | AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15-10 and a new chapter to title 50 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the acceptance of health care sharing ministries by an institution of higher education and health care sharing ministries' exemptions from insurance laws and regulations. | Primary sponsor | Enacted | April 4, 2025 |
| SB 2174 | AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 11-33-02.1 and 58-03-11.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the regulation of odors in an animal feeding operation and zoning authority over animal feeding operations in counties and townships; and to provide an effective date. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | April 4, 2025 |
| HB 1583 | A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 16.1-10-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to false political advertisements; and to provide a penalty. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | April 2, 2025 |
| HB 1594 | A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 23-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to medical costs transparency for health care facilities; to amend and reenact section 26.1-47-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to health care facility and preferred provider compliance with medical cost transparency requirements; and to provide a penalty. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 31, 2025 |
| HB 1391 | A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 14-02.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to health status exceptions for health care facilities; to amend and reenact sections 14-02.4-01, 14-02.4-02, 14-02.4-03, 14-02.4-04, 14-02.4-05, 14-02.4-06, 14-02.4-08, and 14-02.4-09, subsection 1 of section 14-02.4-14, subsection 1 of section 14-02.4-15, and sections 14-02.4-16 and 14-02.4-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to creating a new status related to human rights and antidiscrimination policies; and to provide an appropriation. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 28, 2025 |
| SB 2207 | AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 57-40.3-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a motor vehicle excise tax exemption for tribal governments; and to provide an effective date. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 27, 2025 |
| HB 1131 | AN ACT to amend and reenact section 4.1-25-40.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the sale of raw milk products; and to provide a penalty. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 27, 2025 |
| SB 2199 | A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new subsection to section 20.1-03-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to disabled veteran deer hunting licenses. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 26, 2025 |
| HB 1563 | AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study relating to tribal land taxation. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 20, 2025 |
| HB 1281 | AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 57-43.1-03.3, 57-43.2-04.5, and 57-43.3-03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to motor vehicle fuel tax, special fuels tax, and aviation fuel tax refunds for fuels purchased by fire departments; and to provide an effective date. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 1215 | AN ACT to repeal section 24-02-46 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the multistate highway transportation agreement. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 1135 | AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 37-14-04 and 37-14-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the veterans' aid fund. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 1090 | AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 24-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to designating the bridge on state highway 18 as the Specialist 4 Richard W. Orsund Vietnam bridge; to provide a continuing appropriation; and to declare an emergency. | Co-sponsor | Enacted | March 19, 2025 |
| HB 1257 | A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 54-03.1-02 and 54-03.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the organizational session of the legislative assembly. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 18, 2025 |
| HB 1183 | A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to gold and silver investments; to provide a report; and to provide an effective date. | Co-sponsor | Passed one chamber | March 17, 2025 |
| HCR 3013 | A concurrent resolution urging the United States Supreme Court to restore the definition of marriage to a union between one man and one woman. | Co-sponsor | In committee | March 13, 2025 |
| HB 1296 | A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 62.1-04-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to producing a license to carry a concealed firearm upon request from a law enforcement officer; and to provide a penalty. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 25, 2025 |
| SCR 4011 | A concurrent resolution calling for a convention to amend the United States Constitution to impose term limits on members of Congress. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HB 1245 | A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 16.1-01-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to election offenses. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 24, 2025 |
| HB 1519 | A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 23-02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to death and vaccination records. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| HB 1457 | A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 23-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an exemption to required vaccines. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 20, 2025 |
| HCR 3020 | A concurrent resolution urging North Dakota to acknowledge the Kingship of Jesus Christ. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 18, 2025 |
| SB 2222 | A BILL for an Act to create and enact two new sections to chapter 25-13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the certification and sale of assistance animals; to amend and reenact sections 25-13-01.1 and 47-16-07.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to definitions associated with assistance animals and disability documentation for a service or assistance animal in a rental dwelling; and to provide a penalty. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 17, 2025 |
| HB 1574 | A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 38-22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a prohibition on direct air carbon dioxide capture projects; to amend and reenact section 38-08-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the authority of the industrial commission; to provide for application; and to provide an expiration date. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 14, 2025 |
| HB 1456 | A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to school chaplains in public school districts. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 14, 2025 |
| HB 1210 | A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new chapter to title 35 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to carbon dioxide pipeline damages. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 14, 2025 |
| SB 2266 | A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the office of management and budget for a grant; and to declare an emergency. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| HB 1145 | A BILL for an Act to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15-10, a new section to chapter 15.1-09, and a new section to chapter 15.1-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to displays of the ten commandments in state educational institutions and public schools. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 12, 2025 |
| HB 1523 | A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the parks and recreation department for a ski resort infrastructure grant; and to declare an emergency. | Co-sponsor | In committee | February 5, 2025 |
| HB 1243 | A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 26.1-40 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to automobile ownership following damage resulting in a total loss. | Co-sponsor | In committee | January 24, 2025 |
| SB 2318 | A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-24.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to paid family caregiver services. | Co-sponsor | Introduced | January 22, 2025 |