Armstrong signs remaining bills, uses vetoes to protect budgeting process, executive authority

BISMARCK, N.D. – Gov. Kelly Armstrong today signed the remaining bills from the 2025 legislative session while also using his line-item veto authority on portions of six bills.

“From the start of this session, we struck a collaborative tone with the Legislature, and North Dakotans ultimately came out the winners with historic property tax relief, major infrastructure investments and game-changing legislation to limit cellphone distractions in our schools,” Armstrong said. “Through limited use of my line-item veto authority, we’ve reduced spending, protected the integrity of the budgeting process and preserved executive branch authority to ensure that state government remains efficient and transparent.”

The 69^th Legislative Assembly convened Jan. 7 and adjourned May 3. Armstrong had 15 business days to sign bills delivered to the Governor’s Office within the last three days of session.

Lawmakers sent a total of 601 bills to the governor’s desk for consideration. Armstrong signed 597 bills, including six bills that contained a total of seven line-item partial vetoes. Four bills were vetoed in their entirety.

Following are links to the line-item veto messages: HB 1003, HB 1019, SB 2001, SB 2004, SB 2014, SB 2018.