Friday, February 18, 2011

North Dakota Senate Passes Health Care Nullification Bill (Engrossed Senate Bill No. 2309)

The North Dakota Senate just passed a federal health care nullification bill (SB2309) on 27-19 vote. You can read the SB 2309 bill and journal on the official State page or below.

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ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 2309

11.0742.03000
Sixty-second
Legislative Assembly
of North Dakota
Introduced by
Senators Sitte, Berry, Dever
Representatives Kasper, Keiser, Ruby

A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to federal health care reform legislation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:

SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 54-03 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted as follows:

Federal health care reform law.

1. The legislative assembly declares that the federal laws known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [Pub . L. 111 - 148] and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 [Pub . L. 111 - 152] are not authorized by the United States Constitution and violate its true meaning and intent as given by the founders and ratifiers.

2. The legislative assembly shall consider enacting any measure necessary to prevent the enforcement of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 within this state.

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ENGROSSED SENATE BILL NO. 2309

FIRST ENGROSSMENT

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CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENTS

SB 2309: SEN. UGLEM (Human Services Committee) MOVED that the amendments on SJ pages 456-457 be adopted and then be placed on the Eleventh order with DO NOT PASS, which motion prevailed on a voice vote.

SECOND READING OF SENATE BILL
SB 2309: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to federal health care reform legislation.

ROLL CALL
The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO NOT PASS, the roll was called and there were 27 YEAS, 19 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING.

YEAS: Andrist; Berry; Bowman; Christmann; Cook; Dever; Erbele; Freborg; Hogue; Holmberg; Kilzer; Klein; Laffen; Larsen; Lee, G.; Lyson; Miller; Nodland; O'Connell; Oehlke; Olafson; Schaible; Sitte; Sorvaag; Stenehjem; Wanzek; Wardner

NAYS: Burckhard; Dotzenrod; Fischer; Flakoll; Grindberg; Heckaman; Krebsbach; Lee, J.; Luick; Marcellais; Mathern; Murphy; Nelson; Robinson; Schneider; Taylor; Triplett; Uglem; Warner

ABSENT AND NOT VOTING: Nething

Engrossed SB 2309 passed.


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