North Dakota Legislative Assembly

North Dakota Legislative Assembly
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Senate House of Representatives
Term limits	2 terms in each house
Leadership
President Pro Tem of the Senate	Donald Schaible (R)
Speaker of the House	Dennis Johnson (R)
Structure
Seats	141 voting members 47 senators 94 representatives
Senate political groups	Republican (43)   Democratic-NPL (4)
House of Representatives political groups	Republican (82)   Democratic-NPL (12)
Elections
Last Senate election	November 8, 2022
Next Senate election	November 5, 2024
Meeting place
North Dakota State Capitol Bismarck
Website
www.legis.nd.gov

The North Dakota Legislative Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of North Dakota. The Legislative Assembly consists of two chambers, the lower North Dakota House of Representatives, with 94 representatives, and the upper North Dakota Senate, with 47 senators. The state is divided into 47 constituent districts, with two representatives and one senator elected from each district. Due to the Legislative Assembly being a biennial legislature, with the House and Senate sitting for only 80 days in odd-numbered years, a Legislative Council oversees legislative affairs in the interim periods, doing longer-term studies of issues, and drafting legislation for consideration of both houses during the next session.

Members of both houses are limited to two four-year terms since January 2023.^[1] Prior to this, members were elected without term limits.

The Legislative Assembly convenes in the west chamber of the 19-story Art Deco state capitol building in Bismarck.