AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study, relating to volunteer emergency responder recruitment and retention.

HB 1311 directs North Dakota's legislative management to conduct a study during the 2025-26 interim on challenges facing volunteer emergency responders, including firefighters, disaster volunteers, and community emergency response teams. The study must identify recruitment and retention strategies and gather input from stakeholders like emergency medical services, law enforcement, and state agencies. It will produce findings and recommendations, including potential legislation, for the 70th legislative assembly. This is a procedural bill focused solely on research, not new policy.