ND House Votes to Kneecap Ethics Commission

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
April 14, 2025

BISMARCK – Today the ND House voted to cap Ethics Commission investigations to 180 days and removed a proposed new staff position who would have educated our lawmakers on how to follow our ethics laws.

North Dakota Democratic-NPL Chair Adam Goldwyn said, “How can House Republicans claim to care about corruption, fraud, and abuse when they just voted to kneecap the watchdogs? This vote is a rejection of the will of the people of North Dakota: You voted to enshrine the Ethics Commission in our constitution. And you voted to enshrine it because you saw a Republican supermajority incapable of behaving ethically, from Jason Dockter, to Luke Simons, to Nico Rios, to Ray Holmberg. If our lawmakers don’t have the integrity to prove that they are following our laws, they shouldn’t be making them.”

CONTACT:
Laura Dronen
Communications Director
laura.dronen@demnpl.com