Central ND News

Gov. Kelly Armstrong has concluded the signing of bills from North Dakota's 2025 legislative session, applying his line-item veto authority to portions of six bills. The governor emphasized a cooperative approach with the Legislature, resulting in significant outcomes for the state.

"From the start of this session, we struck a collaborative tone with the Legislature, and North Dakotans ultimately came out the winners with historic property tax relief, major infrastructure investments and game-changing legislation to limit cellphone distractions in our schools," Armstrong stated. He further explained that through "limited use of my line-item veto authority, we’ve reduced spending, protected the integrity of the budgeting process and preserved executive branch authority to ensure that state government remains efficient and transparent."

The 69th Legislative Assembly ran from January 7 until May 3. Armstrong had a 15-business-day period to act on bills received by his office during the last three days of the session.

In total, lawmakers forwarded 601 bills for gubernatorial consideration. Of these, Armstrong signed 597 into law. Among them were six bills which included seven line-item partial vetoes. Additionally, four bills were entirely vetoed.