# Scott Meyer

Scott Meyer is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 18.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 18
- Serving since: 2016-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/5bcd9ecd-d547-4336-aa69-b4b258085802

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5bcd9ecd-d547-4336-aa69-b4b258085802 (America’s Political Pulse, Polarization Research Lab), data through 2026-10-27. Data under CC BY 4.0. Cite as: Westwood, Sean J., and Yphtach Lelkes. 2024. America's Political Pulse [data set].

## Headline

3.5% of Meyer’s statements discuss policy, in the bottom 5% of State Senate Republicans (average 37%).

## What Meyer says (ND 2025–26 session)

347 classified statements: 347 posts on X. Each rate is the share of statements with the label, against the State Senate Republicans average; rank 1 is the highest rate.

| Label | Meyer | State Senate Republicans average | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal attacks | 3.5% | 2.3% | 85 of 354 |
| Policy criticism | 0.6% | 9.5% | 301 of 354 |
| Policy discussion | 3.5% | 37.3% | 344 of 354 |
| Bipartisanship | 0.3% | 2.3% | 258 of 354 |
| Credit claiming | 1.1% | 15.4% | 323 of 354 |
| Extreme labels | 0.6% | 1.3% | 137 of 354 |

Most discussed policy areas: Armed Forces and National Security 42% (State Senate Republicans 6.5%); Education 25% (State Senate Republicans 14%); Economics and Public Finance 17% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Crime and Law Enforcement 8.3% (State Senate Republicans 12%); Energy 8.3% (State Senate Republicans 5.8%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.02), from 46 donors and 577 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 25% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 94.8% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 78% (79%). 56 votes against the party majority.

Key votes:

- 2026-09-04 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1628 · HB 1628 AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 12-60-24, subdivision lll of subsection 3 of section 19-03.1-05, and chapter… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1628/
- 2026-09-03 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on SB 2407 · SB 2407 AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the state historical society for the North Dakota military museum project; to amend and reenact section… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2407/
- 2026-09-03 · voted nay · Motion for Final Passage on SB 2405 · SB 2405 A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 57-02-08.9, section 57-20-09, and subsection 1 of section 57-55-03 of the North Dakota… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2405/
- 2026-09-03 · voted nay · Motion for Final Passage on SB 2406 · SB 2406 A BILL for an Act to create and enact chapter 44-04.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting agencies from entering nondisclosure… · fail · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2406/
- 2026-01-23 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1621 · HB 1621 AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 15.1-21-01 and section 15.1-21-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to requiring the… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1621/
- 2026-01-23 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1625 · HB 1625 AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15-10-64 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the sale of the Ray Richards golf course; to provide an… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1625/
- 2026-01-23 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1623 · HB 1623 AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of health and human services for federal rural health transformation program grant funds; to… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1623/
- 2026-01-23 · voted yea · Motion for Consideration of Amendments on HB 1624 · HB 1624 A BILL for an Act to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to offering school breakfast and… · fail · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1624/
- 2026-01-23 · voted nay · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1624 · HB 1624 A BILL for an Act to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to offering school breakfast and… · fail · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1624/
- 2026-01-23 · voted yea · Motion for Final Passage on HB 1622 · HB 1622 AN ACT to create and enact chapter 43-17.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the physician assistant licensure compact; to amend and… · pass · https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/HB1622/

## Legislation (ND 2025–26 session)

Sponsored 5 bills: 5 reached committee, 4 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 63. 80.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Dakota Senate 67.7%; rank 14 of 29).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2376: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 54-58-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a tribal-state gaming compact that… (in committee, 2025-02-14) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2376/
- SB 2356: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 47-19-03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the contents of a legal description for a deed and a contract for… (became law, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2356/
- SB 2265: AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of veterans' affairs for a veterans' national cemetery grant; to authorize a line of credit; and to… (became law, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2265/
- SB 2280: AN ACT to create and enact chapter 26.1-36.12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prior authorization for health insurance; to provide for a… (became law, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2280/
- SB 2232: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-25.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an exemption for postpartum exposure to controlled… (became law, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2232/
- SB 2358: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 53-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the creation of a sports betting task… (in committee, 2023-02-08) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2358/
- SB 2378: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 19-02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to clinician-administered drugs. (became law, 2023-04-07) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2378/
- SB 2263: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 47-10.2-01, 47-10.2-02, 47-10.2-03, and 47-10.2-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to escrow accounts. (became law, 2023-04-17) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2263/
- SB 2293: AN ACT to amend and reenact subdivision g of subsection 2 of section 57-38-30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an income tax deduction for… (became law, 2023-03-29) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2293/
- SB 2223: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-08-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the residency requirement for military installation school board… (became law, 2023-04-07) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2223/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $37.8K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 84% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Recent statements

Newest first. Posts on X are listed by date and link only.

- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/NDScottMeyer/status/2114443603531501888
- 2026-10-25 · Post on X · https://x.com/NDScottMeyer/status/2114449645397295579
- 2026-10-17 · Post on X · https://x.com/NDScottMeyer/status/2111586190952370323
- 2026-10-16 · Post on X · https://x.com/NDScottMeyer/status/2110939394794508639
- 2026-10-15 · Post on X · labels: credit claiming · https://x.com/NDScottMeyer/status/2110868743345627419
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/NDScottMeyer/status/2109348581668773928
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/NDScottMeyer/status/2109351870309478588
- 2026-10-11 · Post on X · https://x.com/NDScottMeyer/status/2109363224160194741
- 2026-10-10 · Post on X · https://x.com/NDScottMeyer/status/2108897627920109909
- 2026-10-09 · Post on X · https://x.com/NDScottMeyer/status/2108674892824502359

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ndlegis.gov/biography/scott-meyer
- Campaign site: https://scottmeyer.benchmark.us/about/
- X: https://x.com/NDScottMeyer
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/meyerforNDsenate
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100015047622867
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smeyer27
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-meyer-52a55a33/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/5bcd9ecd-d547-4336-aa69-b4b258085802