North Dakota legislature convenes special session to act on federal rural health transformation funding
January 21, 2026 | 2026 Legislature ND, North Dakota
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The North Dakota House of Representatives met Jan. 21, 2026 after receipt of Executive Order 2025-09 from Governor Kelly Armstrong convening a special session of the Legislative Assembly to act on funding related to the Rural Health Transformation Program.
The Chief Clerk read a communication dated Jan. 21, 2026 from the Secretary of State certifying an attached copy of Executive Order 2025-09, which the communication states was executed Dec. 29, 2025. The order "convenes a special session of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, 01/21/2026 in the legislative chambers at the state capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota," and says the special session "is convened to act on funding related to the rural health transformation program" so the state "can swiftly accept and appropriate the federal funding to implement this vital program and to avoid interruption to state government operations and services to citizens." The Chief Clerk read the certification into the record.
The communication includes a target completion date for the item. During the reading the Clerk corrected an earlier date; the record shows the special session item should be completed by Jan. 23, 2026. The document is signed in the text block read aloud.
No formal floor action on the Rural Health Transformation Program funding was taken on the House floor during the portion of the session recorded in the transcript; the Clerk and the Speaker moved forward to committee reports and other procedural business. The joint committees established under the special-session rules (see separate coverage) will handle appropriations and policy issues during the special session and are the likely venues for hearings and votes related to the federal funding request.
What happens next: the House recessed until a joint session convened at 10 a.m.; the special session record indicates the appropriations and policy joint committees will receive referrals and may meet remotely if approved by chamber leaders.
The Chief Clerk read a communication dated Jan. 21, 2026 from the Secretary of State certifying an attached copy of Executive Order 2025-09, which the communication states was executed Dec. 29, 2025. The order "convenes a special session of the North Dakota Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, 01/21/2026 in the legislative chambers at the state capitol in Bismarck, North Dakota," and says the special session "is convened to act on funding related to the rural health transformation program" so the state "can swiftly accept and appropriate the federal funding to implement this vital program and to avoid interruption to state government operations and services to citizens." The Chief Clerk read the certification into the record.
The communication includes a target completion date for the item. During the reading the Clerk corrected an earlier date; the record shows the special session item should be completed by Jan. 23, 2026. The document is signed in the text block read aloud.
No formal floor action on the Rural Health Transformation Program funding was taken on the House floor during the portion of the session recorded in the transcript; the Clerk and the Speaker moved forward to committee reports and other procedural business. The joint committees established under the special-session rules (see separate coverage) will handle appropriations and policy issues during the special session and are the likely venues for hearings and votes related to the federal funding request.
What happens next: the House recessed until a joint session convened at 10 a.m.; the special session record indicates the appropriations and policy joint committees will receive referrals and may meet remotely if approved by chamber leaders.
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