The Chamber

Current Office: Representative
First Elected: 11/02/2004
Next Election: 2012
Party: Republican

General

Gender: Male
Family: Wife: Lovice; 6 Children
Birth date: 10/01/1956
Birthplace: Jamestown, ND
Home City: Edgeley ND
Religion: Lutheran

Education

Graduate, Edgeley High School

Profession

Farmer Master Sergeant, North Dakota National Guard Instructor for Regional Training Institute North Dakota National Guard

Committees

Subcommittee on Government Operations

HB 1474 Establishing a Health Benefit Exchange
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 2370 Authorizes Changing the Nickname and Logo of the University of North Dakota
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1473 State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 2042 Gaming Tax Reduction
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1267 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

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HB 1474 Establishing a Health Benefit Exchange
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 2370 Authorizes Changing the Nickname and Logo of the University of North Dakota
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1473 State Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 2042 Gaming Tax Reduction
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1267 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1263 Athletic Nickname and Logo of the University of North Dakota
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1258 Contribution Retirement Plans for Teachers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1228 Retirement Plans for State Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1412 Teaching Personal Finance in Middle Schools
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1258 Contribution Retirement Plans for Teachers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1228 Retirement Plans for State Employees
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1267 Legislative Redistricting
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1385 Senior Citizens Attending Institutions of Higher Education
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HCR 3016 Repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1289 Reducing Income Tax Rates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1189 Corporate Income Tax Reductions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1289 Reducing Income Tax Rates
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1450 Definition of Human Being
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1297 Abortion Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1470 Higher Education Tuition
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1450 Definition of Human Being
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1297 Abortion Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1327 Authority to Declare Evacuations During Local Disasters and Emergencies
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1278 Fees for Traffic Violations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1327 Authority to Declare Evacuations During Local Disasters and Emergencies
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1278 Fees for Traffic Violations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1190 Prohibits Distracted Driving
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1190 Prohibits Distracted Driving
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1195 Bans Texting While Driving
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1190 Prohibits Distracted Driving
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1195 Bans Texting While Driving
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1377 Children's Health Insurance Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1195 Bans Texting While Driving
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1190 Prohibits Distracted Driving
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1195 Bans Texting While Driving
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1377 Children's Health Insurance Program
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1307 Alcoholic Beverage Establishments
Stage: Passage
Vote: -

HB 1255 Lifting the Ban on Bottle Rocket Sales
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

SB 2003 2009-2011 Biennuim Higher Education Budget
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 2162 Child Care Background Checks
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1478 Children's Health Insurance Program Eligibility Expansion
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

HB 1171 Home School Deregulation
Stage: Concurrence Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 2278 Prohibiting Sexual Orientation Discrimination
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 2070 Ban on Smoking in Cars with Children Passengers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1400 Education Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1213 Prohibiting Smoking in Bars and Hotels
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1400 Education Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1213 Prohibiting Smoking in Bars and Hotels
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1348 Allowing Concealed Firearms on Campuses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1572 Legislative Intent With Regards to the Legal Definition of Life
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1255 Corporate Tax Rate Reduction
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1268 Sales Tax Exemption on Clothing Purchases
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1324 Income Tax Rebates and Rate Reduction
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1279 Income Tax Rate Reduction
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1255 Corporate Tax Rate Reduction
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1268 Sales Tax Exemption on Clothing Purchases
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1572 Legislative Intent With Regards to the Legal Definition of Life
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1445 Amending Abortion Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1431 Increasing Fines for Certain Traffic Violations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1197 Seat Belt Violation as Primary Offense
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1431 Increasing Fines for Certain Traffic Violations
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1440 Changes in Pharmacy Operation Requirements
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1453 Wheelchair Accessibility in Businesses
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1576 Election Law Amendments
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1508 State-Sponsored Children's Savings Accounts
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1557 Even-Numbered Year Budget Adjustment Legislative Sessions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1539 Sales Tax Exemption for Purchase of "Big-Three" Cars
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1182 Point Reduction for Seat Belt Use
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1036 Workforce Safety and Insurance Premium Rate Regulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1466 Abortion Ban
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1106 Legislative Pay Raise
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

HB 1466 Abortion Ban
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Yea

SB 2046 Teachers’ Retirement Fund
Stage: Conference Report Vote
Vote: Nay

SB 2032 Property Tax Reduction
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Yea

SB 2397 Oil Well Tax Cut
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: -

SB 2200 Revisions in School Funding
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: -

SB 2397 Oil Well Tax Cut
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: -

SB 2200 Revisions in School Funding
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: -

SB 2397 Oil Well Tax Cut
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: -

SB 2181 Prenatal Care for Minors
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 2347 In-State Tuition Grants
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 2309 High School Graduation Requirements
Stage: Passage With Amendment
Vote: Nay

SB 2417 Verifying Employee Work Status
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HCR 3052 In-State Lottery
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

SB 2138 Repeal of Cohabitation Laws
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1420 Animal Feedlot Regulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1449 Property Tax Relief
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1319 Deadly Force in Self Defense
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1336 Presidential Election by Popular Vote
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1254 Mandatory Seatbelt Use
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1196 Teen Driver Cell Phone Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1521 Freezing College Tuition
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1177 School District Salary Cap Exemptions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1378 County Vote Centers
Stage: Passage
Vote: Nay

HB 1466 Abortion Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1489 Felony to Perform Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1464 Abortion Regulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1494 Prenatal Testing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1466 Abortion Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1489 Felony to Perform Abortions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1466 Abortion Ban
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1464 Abortion Regulation
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1494 Prenatal Testing
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

HB 1029 Local Sales Tax Restrictions
Stage: Passage
Vote: Yea

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