A concurrent resolution designating House and Senate employment positions and fixing compensation.
Senate Concurrent Resolution 4005 is a housekeeping resolution for the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly that sets out the authorized employee positions for the North Dakota House and Senate and assigns each position a daily wage. It lists a wide range of legislative staff roles, including clerks, journal reporters, committee clerks, sergeants-at-arms, assistants to majority and minority leaders, pages, and supply room support, with separate schedules for the House and Senate.
The resolution also establishes rules for compensation adjustments and staffing administration. Employees receive an additional $1 per day for each prior regular session in which they worked at least 45 days, up to a maximum of $10 per day, if they certify their prior service to the Legislative Council. It allows majority and minority leaders flexibility in how they allocate assistants, permits conversion of positions to part-time with hourly pay if approved by the relevant Employment Committee, and provides that employees are paid during recesses when required to perform legislative duties. Pay ends when employment ends.
SCR 4005 does not amend the North Dakota Century Code; instead, it sets internal compensation and staffing authority for the legislative branch during the 2025 session. Its practical effect is to authorize specific House and Senate employment positions, define pay rates and eligibility for longevity pay, and establish administrative rules for part-time work, leader staffing, and payment during recesses. The resolution directly affects legislative employees, leadership offices, and the Employment Committees of each chamber.
The available record shows no committee testimony, recorded debate, or roll-call votes, and the measure was filed with the Secretary of State. Based on the text alone, the resolution appears routine and administrative rather than controversial, reflecting a standard agreement on legislative staffing and compensation for the session. There is no evidence in the provided materials of organized opposition or support beyond the normal procedural adoption of such a resolution.
No specific points of contention are documented in the provided materials. Potential areas where questions could arise include the daily wage levels for various staff positions, the longevity pay increase for returning employees, the flexibility given to majority and minority leaders in staffing assistants, and the authority to convert positions to part-time status. However, no speaker, committee member, or vote record in the supplied context identifies any dispute over those provisions.