Legislative Update - Week 1

Attached is the tracking grid from the ND Women’s Network. As an organization, we may not be active on all areas but we will follow the progress. We will try to cover as many bills as possible. Only a portion of the expected bills have posted at this time. We’ll be updating this grid regularly, posting it on our website: www.ndwomen.org and sending in emails.


Bills are categorized, as best as possible, into topic areas: Political Participation, Economic Justice and Fairness, Reproductive Justice, Women’s Health, Education, Freedom from Violence, and Civil Rights. You can see a deeper overview of these topic areas and our position statements regarding them here: http://www.ndwomen.org/position-statements/


Starting tomorrow morning, Saturday January 10, 2015, NDWN will host legislative update videoconferences. Use this link to connect: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/602033941. If you need a call-in only number, respond to this email and I will get you that information.


Registration for WE Rise is OPEN. The North Dakota Women’s Network (NDWN) is thrilled to provide an unparalleled, hands-on, educational experience for North Dakota women, right in our state’s capitol!  For one day, March 9, 2015, we will host women from across North Dakota at the epicenter of our state’s legislative activity.  WE Rise: Women Empowered will offer behind the scenes insights to the legislative process through meetings with local lawmakers, legislative briefings and trainings on how to lobby (and we will not forget the fun!). We will also host an advocacy training on March 8th. You can learn more and register at http://standupnd.blogspot.com/.


A Few Hearings of Note for Next Week – January 12-16, 2015

​Hearing Date	Time	​Bill/Res.No	​Committee	​Description/Note
​1/12	09:15 AM	HB 1037	​House Human Services	​A BILL for an Act to provide for a report to the legislative management by the department of human services on the medicaid and medicaid expansion program.
1/13	​09:00 AM	SB 2151	​Senate Education	relating to early childhood education provider grants and early childhood education program approval.
​1/13	11:00 AM	SB 2080	​Senate Human Services	​relating to the definition of self-declaration, early childhood services license requirements, prerequisites for issuance of a license or self-declaration, background investigations, penalty for provision of services, and the early childhood services inclusion support services and grant program.
​1/14	​09:30 AM	SB 2045	​Senate Human Services	​A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of human services for a voucher system for addiction treatment services.
1/14	​09:30 AM	SB 2046	​Senate Human Services	​Relating to medical assistance coverage for behavioral health services, development of outcomes-based data system, provide appropriation for substance abuse services, appropriation to highway patrol for enforcement training, provide for legislative study
1/14	10:45 AM	SB 2048	Senate Human Services	​to provide appropriations to the department of human services for improving behavioral health services; to provide an appropriation to the department of public instruction for teacher and child care provider training; and to provide for legislative management studies.