North Dakota House of Representatives

{{Infobox legislature

| background_color = {{party color|Republican Party (US)}}

| name = {{nowrap|North Dakota}} {{nowrap|House of Representatives}}

| legislature = 69th North Dakota Legislative Assembly

| coa_pic = Great Seal of North Dakota.svg

| session_room =

| house_type = Lower house

| term_limits = Two four-year terms

| new_session = January 5, 2025

| leader1_type = Speaker

| leader1 = Robin Weisz (R)

| election1 = January 7, 2025

| leader2_type = Majority Leader

| leader2 = Mike Lefor (R)

| election2 = December 5, 2022

| leader3_type = Minority Leader

| leader3 = Zac Ista (D)

| election3 = April 30, 2023

| term_length = 4 years

| authority = Article IV, North Dakota Constitution

| salary = $148/session day + per diem

| members = 94

| structure1 = North Dakota_House Of Representatives_2022.svg

| structure1_res = 250px

| political_groups1 =

Majority

{{nowrap|{{Color box|#F33|border=darkgray}} Republican (82)}}

Minority

{{nowrap|{{Color box|#0D5CAB|border=darkgray}} Democratic-NPL (11)}}

| last_election1 = November 5, 2024
(47 seats)

| next_election1 = November 3, 2026
(47 seats)

| redistricting = Legislative Control

| meeting_place = House of Representatives Chamber
North Dakota State Capitol
Bismarck, North Dakota

| website = [https://ndlegis.gov/assembly North Dakota Legislative Assembly]

}}

The North Dakota House of Representatives is the lower house of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly and is larger than the North Dakota Senate.

North Dakota is divided into between 40 and 54 legislative districts apportioned by population as determined by the decennial census. The 2000 redistricting plan provided for 47 districts. As each district elects two Representatives to the House, there are currently 94 representatives in the House.

Representatives serve four-year terms. Elections are staggered such that half the districts have elections every two years. Originally, the North Dakota Constitution limited members of the North Dakota House of Representatives to two-year terms, with all representatives standing for reelection at the same time. That practice continued until 1996, when the voters approved a constitutional amendment that changed the term for representatives to four-years with staggered terms. The amendment went into effect July 1, 1997, and was first applied in the 1998 elections.House Concurrent Resolution No. 3010 (North Dakota Session Laws 1995, ch. 649) approved November 5, 1996 (ND Session Laws 1997, ch. 570){{cite news|title=State by State: The Election at a Glance|date=November 7, 1996|publisher=Daytona News-Journal}} Every two years half the districts elect both their representatives by block voting. In the 2022 North Dakota elections, a ballot measure passed with 63.4% of the vote creating term limits of eight years in the North Dakota House, which was put into effect starting January 2023.{{Cite web |date=9 January 2023 |title=North Dakota Midterm Election 2022 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2022-elections/north-dakota-results |access-date=15 January 2023 |website=NBC News |publisher=NBC Universal}}

The House Chamber is located in the North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota.

Composition of the House

File:Map of North Dakota's Legislative Districts.svg House Districts as of 2003. House district boundaries are identical to the North Dakota Senate's districts, with two representatives elected from each district.]]

File:North Dakota State House Partisan Map.png

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style="vertical-align:bottom;" !rowspan=3\|Affiliation !colspan=2\|Party (Shading indicates majority caucus) !rowspan=3\|Total !
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Republican !Democratic-NPL !Vacant
scope="row" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%" \| 65th Legislative Assembly \| {{Party shading/Republican}} \| 81 \| 13 ! 94 \| 0
scope="row" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%" \| 66th Legislative Assembly \| {{Party shading/Republican}} \| 78 \| 15 ! 93 \| 1
scope="row" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%" \| 67th Legislative Assembly \| {{Party shading/Republican}} \| 80 \| 14 ! 94 \| 0
scope="row" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%" \| 68th Legislative Assembly \| {{Party shading/Republican}} \| 82 \| 12 ! 94 \| 0
scope="row" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%" \| 69th Legislative Assembly \| {{Party shading/Republican}} \| 82 \| 11 ! 94 \| 0
scope="row" \| Latest voting share ! {{Party shading/Republican}} \| {{percentage\|82\|94\|0}} ! {{percentage\|11\|94\|0}} ! colspan=2 \|

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style="vertical-align:bottom;"

!rowspan=3|Affiliation

!colspan=2|Party

(Shading indicates majority caucus)

!rowspan=3|Total

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| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" |

| style="background-color:{{party color|North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party}}" |

|style="background: black"|

Republican

!Democratic-NPL

!Vacant

scope="row" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%" | 65th Legislative Assembly

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | 81

| 13

! 94

| 0

scope="row" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%" | 66th Legislative Assembly

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | 78

| 15

! 93

| 1

scope="row" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%" | 67th Legislative Assembly

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | 80

| 14

! 94

| 0

scope="row" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%" | 68th Legislative Assembly

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | 82

| 12

! 94

| 0

scope="row" style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%" | 69th Legislative Assembly

| {{Party shading/Republican}} | 82

| 11

! 94

| 0

scope="row" | Latest voting share

! {{Party shading/Republican}} | {{percentage|82|94|0}}

! {{percentage|11|94|0}}

! colspan=2 |

=2024–2025 officers=

class=wikitable

! Position

! Name

! colspan=2| Party

! District

Speaker of the House

| Robin Weisz

| style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}"|

North Dakota House of Representatives

Composition of the House

=2024–2025 officers=

=Members of the 69th House=

Past composition of the House of Representatives

See also

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