Assignment of Legislative Committees



The 67th Assembly of the North Dakota Legislature met December 1-3, 2020 to organize for the legislative session which will begin January 5, 2021. As part of the organizational session, senators and representatives are assigned to various committees in order to divide the work the Assembly needs to complete. 

The League of Cities most often works with the Finance and Taxation, the Judiciary, the Political Subdivisions, and the Appropriations Committees; however, in the past the League has followed bills in all of the House and the Senate Committees. 

One of the ways to be most effective with impacting the outcome of a bill is to find out which committee your bill is assigned to and to contact the senators or representatives on that committee regarding the bill. This can be particularly impactful if one of your legislators is on that committee. 

Take a look at the picture included with this post to see which committees your senator and representatives serve on.

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