R North Dakota Senate · District 43

Sen. Lonnie J. Laffen

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Total votes

812

all sessions

Attendance

96%

32 missed

Lower than 85% of chamber peers

With party

96%

of cast votes

Near the chamber average

Bipartisan score

crosses aisle rarely

Near the chamber average

About Sen. Lonnie J. Laffen

Sen. serving North Dakota District 43. Member of the Republican party.

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SB 2166AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 40‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to approval of property tax incentives granted by a city; to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 40‑57.1‑03, section 40‑58‑20.2, subsection 2 of section 40‑63‑01, and subsection 3 of section 54‑35‑26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to approval of property tax incentives granted by a city and evaluation of economic development tax incentives; to provide for legislative management studies; and to provide an effective date. signed

9 years ago

Voted Nay

HB 1004AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the state auditor.

9 years ago

Voted Yea

HB 1001AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the office of the governor; to provide for a legislative management report; to provide a statement of legislative intent; and to provide an exemption.

9 years ago

Voted Yea

HB 1050AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 54‑35‑26 and subsection 7 of section 57‑38‑30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the list of economic development tax incentives subject to regular review and the application of tax credits against individual income tax liability; to repeal section 57‑38‑01.27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the microbusiness income tax credit; and to provide an effective date.

9 years ago

Voted Yea

HB 1012AN ACT to provide appropriations for defraying the expenses of the department of human services; to authorize the department of human services to convey land in Walsh County; to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 23‑09.3‑01.1, subsection 1 of section 23‑16‑01.1, section 50‑24.1‑37, and subsection 1 of section 54‑27‑25 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the moratorium on basic care, nursing facility bed capacity, Medicaid expansion, and tobacco settlement trust fund transfers; to repeal section 50‑24.1‑37 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the Medicaid expansion program; to provide for exemptions; to provide statements of legislative intent; to provide for reports to the legislative management; to provide for legislative management studies; to authorize transfers; to provide an expiration date; to provide a contingent effective date; and to declare an emergency.

9 years ago

Voted Nay

HB 1023AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the public employees retirement system; to provide for a transfer; to provide for solicitations of bids for the public employee health benefits coverage; to provide for a study; to create and enact sections 54‑35‑02.9 and 54‑35‑02.10 and a new subsection to section 54‑52‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the public employee health care coverage committee and the authority of the retirement board; to amend and reenact sections 54‑35‑02.4 and 54‑52.1‑08.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the employee benefits programs committee; and to provide an expiration date.

9 years ago

Voted Nay

HB 1019AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the parks and recreation department; to amend and reenact sections 55‑08‑06 and 55‑08‑07.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to permits for motor vehicles and parks and the recreation concession revolving fund; to provide a grant to the international peace garden; to authorize the transfer of Dakota institute inventory; to provide exemptions; to provide a statement of legislative intent; and to declare an emergency.

9 years ago

Voted Yea

HB 1015AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the various divisions under the supervision of the director of the office of management and budget; to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the state auditor; to provide an appropriation to North Dakota state university; to provide an appropriation to Dickinson state university; to provide an appropriation to the department of human services; to provide for transfers; to identify grant funding; to create and enact a new subsection to the new section to chapter 40‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code as created by section 1 of Senate Bill No. 2166, as approved by the sixty‑fifth legislative assembly, relating to property tax incentives granted by a city; to amend and reenact sections 5‑02‑01.1 and 6‑09‑15.1, subsection 8 of section 15-10-38 as amended by section 2 of Senate Bill No. 2037, as approved by the sixty‑fifth legislative assembly, section 43‑26.1‑05.1 as created by section 2 of Senate Bill No. 2131, as approved by the sixty-fifth legislative assembly, subsection 7 of section 47‑02‑27.4 as created by section 1 of House Bill No. 1228, as approved by the sixty‑fifth legislative assembly, and sections 54‑06‑04.3 and 57‑20‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code and subsection 3 of section 8 of House Bill No. 1024, section 21 of Senate Bill No. 2013, and section 23 of Senate Bill No. 2013, as approved by the sixty‑fifth legislative assembly, relating to alcohol special event permits, temporary loans to the general fund, the teacher loan forgiveness program, criminal history record checks, exclusions from the statutory rule against perpetuities, state agency publication fees, property tax increase reports, cost reimbursement land sales, an oil and gas valuation study, and effective dates; to repeal section 57‑20‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to tax certifications; to suspend section 54‑35‑23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the tribal and state relations committee; to provide for the administration of the tobacco prevention and control trust fund; to provide exemptions; to provide statements of legislative intent; to provide for legislative management studies; to provide for a legislative management tribal taxation issues committee; to provide for a report to the legislative management; to provide for a budget section report; to provide an effective date; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency.

9 years ago

SB 2200AN ACT to amend and reenact section 57‑15‑06.6, subsection 8 of section 57‑15‑10, and section 57‑15‑38 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to capital project levies; and to provide an effective date. signed

9 years ago

HB 1369AN ACT to create and enact sections 16.1‑01‑04.1 and 16.1‑01‑04.2, a new subsection to section 39‑06‑03.1, and a new subsection to section 39‑06‑14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to identification and residency requirements for electors and identification cards; to amend and reenact sections 16.1‑01‑04, 16.1‑01‑12, 16.1‑02‑09, 16.1‑05‑07, 16.1‑07‑06, 16.1‑15‑08, 16.1‑15‑19, and 39‑06‑07.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to qualifications of electors, responsibilities of election officials before issuing ballots, elector identification requirements, identification cards, and operator's licenses; and to provide a penalty. signed

9 years ago