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Updated August 16, 2026

North Dakota: US state profile

A snapshot of AI governance activity in North Dakota: tracked legislation, enforcement actions, federal political money, and the labor baseline. Ask AGIS for the cross-referenced detail behind any of it.

Labor baseline

Union membership rate: 6% (2025). Covered by a union contract: 7.4%.

2025 annual estimates are 11-month averages excluding October; October 2025 data not collected due to the federal government shutdown. Not strictly comparable with other annual averages. Source.

Legislation

18 AI-related documents tracked.

• ND 1524: A BILL for an Act to provide for a legislative management study of privacy practices in the data broker industry. proposed
  Business services and analyticsGovernment study or reportPrivacy
• ND HB1381: Classifying a transportation network company driver as an independent contractor. enacted
  Business services and analyticsTransparencyTransportation
• ND HB1440: Transportation network company insurance and transportation and delivery company networks. enacted
  Business services and analyticsTransparencyTransportation
• A BILL for an Act to provide for a department of transportation study regarding autonomous and semiautonomous vehicle technologies; and to provide a legislative management report. proposed
  Government study or reportTransportation
• North Dakota AI Study proposed
  Governance developmentGovernment study or reportPrivacy
• ND 2137: A sales and use tax exemption for enterprise information technology equipment and computer software purchased for use in a qualified data center; and to provide for retroactive application. enacted
  Data centersEnergy and utilitiesSubsidies
• Authorization for the public service commission to regulate the siting compatibility for data centers; and to provide a penalty. proposed
  ConstructionData centersEnergy and utilitiesFinesGovernment study or report
• ND 2155: A sales and use tax exemption for enterprise information technology equipment and computer software purchased for use in a qualified data center; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expira proposed
  Data centersEnergy and utilitiesSubsidies
• Artificial intelligence disclosure statements. enacted
  Disclosure: Of AI useTransparency
• ND HB1386: A prohibition on possessing certain computer-generated images; and to provide a penalty. enacted
  Arts, sports, leisure, travel, and lifestyleFines
• ND HB1519: AN ACT to provide appropriations to the department of career and technical education and agriculture commissioner for uncrewed aircraft system, autonomous vehicle, or other autonomous technology grant enacted
  Access to business opportunitiesAgricultureEducationGovernment study or reportGovernment support: For R&DSubsidiesTransportation
• ND 2089: Reports from centrally assessed property companies, tentative assessments of centrally assessed property, the annual meeting of the state board of equalization, the definition of supplies used for bla enacted
  Licensing, registration, and certificationSales, retail, and customer relations
• ND 1418: Automated vehicle network companies and autonomous vehicle operations. enacted
  Networking and telecommunicationsTransportation
• ND 1197: Autonomous vehicle data ownership. proposed
  Transportation
• ND HB1320: Prohibiting deepfake videos and images; and to provide a penalty. proposed
  Arts, sports, leisure, travel, and lifestyleBroadcasting and media productionDetrimental contentDisclosure: About inputsFinesInput controls: Data useTransparency
• ND 1543: Autonomous vehicles. proposed
  Transportation
• A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the agriculture commissioner, the attorney general, the department of career and technical education, the department of health and human services, and the department of transportation to increase the use of uncrewed aircraft systems, autonomous vehicles, or other autonomous technologies in the state; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide for a legislative management report. proposed
  AgricultureEducationGovernment study or reportGovernment support: For R&DMedicine, life sciences and public healthSubsidiesTransportation
• North Dakota HB 1361 (2023) enacted

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Enforcement

No enforcement actions recorded for North Dakota. When a state attorney general, a federal agency, or a court takes an action involving an AI system here, it will be listed with the respondent, outcome, and any penalty.

Money

$1,561 in tracked political contributions across 27 records.

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