North Dakota House of Representatives

North Dakota House of Representatives
67th North Dakota Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house
Term limits	Two four-year terms
History
New session started	January 5, 2023
Leadership
Speaker	Dennis Johnson (R) since December 5, 2022
Majority Leader	Mike Lefor (R) since December 5, 2022
Minority Leader	Zac Ista (D-NPL) since April 30, 2023
Structure
Seats	94
Political groups	Majority   Republican (82) Minority   Democratic-NPL (12)
Length of term	4 years
Authority	Article IV, North Dakota Constitution
Salary	$148/session day + per diem
Elections
Last election	November 8, 2022 (46 seats)
Next election	November 5, 2024 (48 seats)
Redistricting	Legislative Control
Meeting place
House of Representatives Chamber North Dakota State Capitol Bismarck, North Dakota
Website
North Dakota Legislative Assembly

The North Dakota House of Representatives is the lower house of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly and is larger than the North Dakota Senate.

North Dakota is divided into between 40 and 54 legislative districts apportioned by population as determined by the decennial census. The 2000 redistricting plan provided for 47 districts. As each district elects two Representatives to the House, there are currently 94 representatives in the House.

Representatives serve four-year terms. Elections are staggered such that half the districts have elections every two years. Originally, the North Dakota Constitution limited members of the North Dakota House of Representatives to two-year terms, with all representatives standing for reelection at the same time. That practice continued until 1996, when the voters approved a constitutional amendment that changed the term for representatives to four-years with staggered terms. The amendment went into effect July 1, 1997, and was first applied in the 1998 elections.^[1][2] Every two years half the districts elect both their representatives by block voting. In the 2022 North Dakota elections, a ballot measure passed with 63.4% of the vote creating term limits of eight years in the North Dakota House, which was put into effect starting January 2023.^[3]

The House Chamber is located in the North Dakota State Capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota.