Overview

• North Dakota's Republican governor, Doug Burgum, used special legislative session to push for the allocation of $91 million for an expansion of a previous income tax cut, $50 million for infrastructure projects, and $20 million for expanding a tourism attraction grant program.
• The session followed the state Supreme Court's ruling that a key budget bill was unconstitutional for violating a single-subject requirement for bills, resulting in an urgent need to restructure the budget.
• Fourteen bills are under review to restore provisions of the invalidated budget that has traditionally acted as a catch-all or cleanup bill at the end of the biennial session.
• One of Governor Burgum's proposals includes fixing the language on a military income tax exemption and allowing the University of North Dakota and Bismarck State College to receive non-state funds for campus improvements.
• While the special legislative session began with a focus on addressing the voided budget bill, the Republican House Majority leader, Mike Lefor, confirmed that discussions about the governor's proposals were still ongoing.