North Dakota

North Dakota: bills from both sides, with enacted laws, hearings, court cases and the legislators who sponsor the bills.

Bills

30 bills: 26 Anti-LGBTQ+, 4 Pro-LGBTQ+. 13 are enacted (13 Anti-LGBTQ+, 0 Pro-LGBTQ+). “Enacted” is the status this tracker records for the bill.

Bills by status
StatusBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Failed16124
Enacted13130
Vetoed110

Most recent bills

All 30 bills

Titles, summaries and tags are on each bill's page. The Bills list shows them for the bills of North Dakota: all, Anti-LGBTQ+ or Pro-LGBTQ+.

Bills by year

Introduced each year

Bills introduced each year in North Dakota, by sideColumns for each year from 2017 to 2025. The numbers are in the table below the chart.051015202017: 2 Pro-LGBTQ+2019: 1 Pro-LGBTQ+2023: 17 Anti-LGBTQ+2025: 9 Anti-LGBTQ+, 1 Pro-LGBTQ+201720182019202020212022202320242025Bills introduced each year in North Dakota, by sideColumns for each year from 2017 to 2025. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0510152020172019202120232025

Enacted, by the year introduced

Enacted bills in North Dakota by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2017 to 2025. The numbers are in the table below the chart.0510152023: 11 Anti-LGBTQ+2025: 2 Anti-LGBTQ+201720182019202020212022202320242025Enacted bills in North Dakota by the year they were introduced, by sideColumns for each year from 2017 to 2025. The numbers are in the table below the chart.05101520172019202120232025
  • Anti-LGBTQ+
  • Pro-LGBTQ+

A bill is counted in the year of its session, and an enacted bill in the year it was introduced. A year with no bill in the data has no column.

Show the numbers
Bills introduced and enacted each year
YearIntroducedIntroduced, Anti-LGBTQ+Introduced, Pro-LGBTQ+EnactedEnacted, Anti-LGBTQ+Enacted, Pro-LGBTQ+
20251091220
20231717011110
2019101000
2017202000

Topics and tags

A bill can have more than one topic or tag, so the rows add up to more than the number of bills.

Topics

Bills by topic
TopicBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Identity documents660
Bathrooms & facilities440
Sports participation550
Youth gender-affirming care220
Prisons, jails & detention220
Schools & curriculum330
DEI & bias training220
Drag & public expression110
Book bans & censorship330
Marriage, family & custody422
Nondiscrimination protections202
Conversion therapy220
Repealing or reversing LGBTQ-related law101
Symbolic resolutions & recognition660

Tags

The most-used tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
Forced Outing: Schools550
End Legal Recognition440
Sports Ban: K12330
Trans Bathroom Ban: K12330
Anti-LGBTQ Resolution: Marriage220
Birth Certificate or Identification Change Ban220
Conversion Therapy Legalization220
Credit Nondiscrimination202
Don't Say Systemic Biases: Colleges220
Don't Say Systemic Biases: K12220
Don't Say Trans: K12220
Employment Nondiscrimination202
Show the other 30 tags
The other tags
TagBillsAnti-LGBTQ+Pro-LGBTQ+
End Legal Recognition: WBR220
Gender Affirming Care Ban: Minors220
Marriage Equality202
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban: K12220
Public Accommodations Nondiscrimination202
Sports Ban: Colleges220
Sports Ban: SWSA220
Censorship: Book Ban110
Censorship: Book Ban: Public Libraries110
Censorship: Drag Ban110
DEI Ban: Colleges110
DEI Ban: Government110
DEI Ban: K12110
Don't Say Gay: K12110
Don't Say Systemic Biases: Government110
Gender Affirming Care Ban: VCPA110
Housing Nondiscrimination101
Misgendering: Forced110
Misgendering: Permitted110
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban110
Misgendering: Pronoun Ban: Government110
Opt-In LGBTQ Education110
Opt-Out LGBTQ Education110
Pathologization110
Prison Placement Ban110
Repeal Anti-LGBTQ Laws101
Trans Bathroom Ban110
Trans Bathroom Ban: Colleges110
Trans Bathroom Ban: Prisons110
Trans Segregation Bill110

Hearings

Hearings listed for this jurisdiction, newest first. Each hearing's page links to the official video where there is one.

Hearings, newest first
DateChamberCommittee
SenateSenate Education on
SenateSenate Education on
SenateSenate Education on
HouseHouse Human Services on
HouseHouse Human Services on
HouseHouse Human Services on
HouseHouse Human Services on
SenateSenate Human Services on
SenateSenate Human Services on
SenateSenate Human Services on

All 25 hearings

Legislators

The sponsors of the bills listed here, with the number of those bills each one sponsors.

Legislators, by the number of the listed bills they sponsor
NamePartyRoleDistrictBills sponsored
Vicky SteinerRRepresentativeHD-03711
Lori VanWinkleRRepresentativeHD-00310
Bill TveitRRepresentativeHD-0339
Bob PaulsonRSenatorSD-0038
Brandon PrichardRRepresentativeHD-0088
SuAnn OlsonRRepresentativeHD-0088
Ben KoppelmanRRepresentativeHD-0167
Karen RohrRRepresentativeHD-0317
David ClemensRSenatorSD-0166
Janne MyrdalRSenatorSD-0196

All 67 legislators

Party as recorded: D Democratic, R Republican, I Independent; other codes are shown as recorded.

Court cases

Cases placed in this jurisdiction by where the court sits, newest first. Each case links to its own page, which has the caption.

Court cases, newest first
CaseCourtLevelYear
Case c69556292D.N.D.District2026
Case n1cfd14c856D.N.D.District2024
Case c66706856D.N.D.District2022
Case c4517035D.N.D.District2021

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Bill data comes from LegiScan, licensed CC BY 4.0 and used here in modified form. Outcome coding, category tags and the summaries are the Trans Data Initiative team's, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0 with credit.