# Jerry Klein

Jerry Klein is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 14.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 14
- Serving since: 1996-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/714275ca-f81c-4fae-af2e-248a5ba4d697

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/714275ca-f81c-4fae-af2e-248a5ba4d697 (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

100% of the 10 bills Klein sponsored got out of committee, in the top tenth of the North Dakota Senate.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.21 (standard error 0.02), from 14 donors and 600 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 29% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 100% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 74% (79%). 64 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 yea · 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 nay · 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 yea · 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 10 bills: 10 reached committee, 10 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 6 became law. Cosponsored 45. 100.0% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Dakota Senate 67.7%; rank 3 of 29).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 4012: A concurrent resolution urging Congress to permit the use of M-44 sodium cyanide devices on any land. (passed one chamber, 2025-04-02) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SCR4012/
- SB 2373: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 53-06.1-01 and subsection 3 of section 53-06.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to… (passed one chamber, 2025-03-10) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2373/
- SB 2371: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-10-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to rotary traffic islands. (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2371/
- SB 2338: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 54-03-01.14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to legislative districts; and to provide for application. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-21) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2338/
- SB 2250: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 32-03-30 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to damages for injuries to timber. (became law, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2250/
- SB 2261: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 57-38 and a new subdivision to subsection 7 of section 57-38-30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code,… (passed both chambers, 2025-04-08) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2261/
- SB 2218: AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the insurance commissioner for a North Dakota firefighter's association grant; and to declare an emergency. (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2218/
- SB 2144: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 43-55-03, section 43-55-09, subsection 8 of section 44-06.1-20, and sections 44-06.1-28, 47-25-04,… (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2144/
- SB 2135: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 18-04-05 and section 18-05.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the firefighters death… (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2135/
- SB 2136: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 5-04-02 and 5-04-14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to wholesaler and brewer relations. (became law, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2136/

## Campaign money (2024 cycle)

Itemized receipts $49.5K (State Senate Republicans median $28.3K). 90% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://www.ndlegis.gov/biography/jerry-klein
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-jerry-klein-2b622136/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/714275ca-f81c-4fae-af2e-248a5ba4d697