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North Dakota / State / 2025 Session

Ch. 335, L. 2025 (House Bill 1076) Raised the National Guard state active duty death benefit from $15,000 to $100,000

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Expands benefits Raises the death benefit for a Guard member who dies on state active duty from $15,000 to $100,000.

Amended 37-01-48 to raise the ceiling on the death benefit payable to the designated beneficiary or next of kin of a Guard member who died while serving on state active duty, from fifteen thousand dollars to one hundred thousand. Introduced at the request of the adjutant general, declared an emergency measure, approved March 17 and filed March 18, 2025. Tracked because the fifteen thousand dollar figure is still being published, including by the federal benefits libraries reviewed in 2026, and the difference to a bereaved family is eighty-five thousand dollars. The payment remains discretionary and subject to available funds, so the figure is a ceiling rather than an entitlement.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done, House, with an emergency clause
  2. In committee Done, House Government and Veterans Affairs, then Senate Agriculture and Veterans Affairs
  3. Passed one chamber Done, House, 92-0
  4. Passed both chambers Done, Senate, 47-0
  5. Signed by the governor Done,
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • House Government and Veterans Affairs CommitteeSponsor, House

What it touches

  • N.D.C.C. § 37-01-48

Catalog entry

Official record

Read Ch. 335, L. 2025 (House Bill 1076) on the jurisdiction's own record