HB 1506 - Renewable And Recycled Energy Policy

Introduced by Rep. Monson, Dahl, S. Kelsh Introduced by Sen. Erbele A BILL for an Act to establish a state renewable and recycled energy objective; to create and enact six new sections to chapter 49-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to renewable and recycled energy; and to amend and reenact sections 49-02-25 and 49-02-26 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electricity produced from hydroelectric sources as renewable electricity and recycled energy.Read the full bill in PDF Format

Introduced: 01/15/07

Last Action: Filed with Secretary of State

Final Bill Status: Passed

Voting Statistics

There were a total of 2 votes on this bill during the session: 1 by the House and 1 by the Senate. This bill was Signed by the Governor on 03/23/07

The following is a breakdown of the votes on this bill from the last roll call recorded for each legislative body.

Party Breakdown

The following is a breakdown by party:

Percent Voting For Bill

Republican

85.2%

Democrat

100%

House / Senate

The following is a breakdown by legislative body:

Percent Voting For Bill

House

95.7%

Senate

80.8%

East vs. West

Based on the geographic location of the district, we have tallied the votes by "East versus West" (view the East/West District map)

Percent Voting For Bill

Eastern Districts

100%

Western Districts

80.3%

District Votes

The following breaks down the percentage of ND Legislative Districts that were either fully In Support (voted Yea) on this bill, Fully Against (All Voted Nay) or Split (not all members of district agreed)

Percent Of Districts

Districts For

74.4%

Districts Against

The following is a list of House and Senate Roll Call Votes on this bill. The votes are listed in the order of the legislative day in which the vote was taken. The last two roll call votes normally will show the final status of the bill.

In order for a bill to "pass" it must acheive a Constitutional Majority in both the House and the Senate on th exact same version of the bill. This is why you will see more than two votes on many bills. If either body ammends (adds to) a bill, the vote must be re-taken in both houses.

A "Constitutional Majority" requires that greater than 1/2 of ALL legislators in a body must vote yea. Not just a majority of those present. In the house, this requires a total of 48 votes and in the senate, this requires a total of 24 votes

Body	Question	Yeas	Nays	Absent
House	Day 31 - view the votes... The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 90 YEAS, 3 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING	90	3	1
Senate	Day 47 - view the votes... The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 38 YEAS, 8 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING	38	8	1

Recorded Actions

The following is a list of "Recorded Actions" taken on this bill as recorded in the house and senate journals

Date	Body	Action
01/15/07	House	Introduced, first reading, referred Natural Resources
01/25/07	House	Committee Hearing 10:30
01/29/07	House	Reported back amended, do pass, amendment poc y 013 n 000
01/30/07	House	Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
02/14/07	House	Second reading, passed, yeas 090 nays 003
02/15/07	Senate	Received from House
02/26/07	Senate	Introduced, first reading, referred Natural Resources
03/09/07	Senate	Committee Hearing 10:15
03/12/07	Senate	Reported back, do pass, placed on calendar y 004 n 003
03/13/07	Senate	Second reading, passed, yeas 038 nays 008
03/14/07	House	Returned to House
03/20/07	Senate	Signed by President
03/21/07	House	Signed by Speaker
03/21/07	House	Sent to Governor
03/23/07	House	Signed by Governor
03/23/07	House	Filed with Secretary of State