# Judy Lee

Judy Lee is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 13.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 13
- Serving since: 1994-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/75e58364-853b-4b08-b902-7c84deb98e4a

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/75e58364-853b-4b08-b902-7c84deb98e4a (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

Lee voted against the majority of North Dakota Senate Republicans 76 times; party unity 58%, in the bottom 5% of the North Dakota Senate (average 79%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.71 (standard error 0.04), from 22 donors and 595 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 92% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 100% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 58% (79%). 76 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 15 bills: 15 reached committee, 11 passed one chamber, 7 passed both, 7 became law. Cosponsored 38. 73.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Dakota Senate 67.7%; rank 16 of 29).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2399: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 50-24.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to medical assistance reimbursement of psychiatric… (became law, 2025-05-02) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2399/
- SB 2329: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 11-10 and a new section to chapter 58-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the maintenance or… (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2329/
- SB 2259: AN ACT to repeal section 44-04-16 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the provision of blanks and records. (became law, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2259/
- SB 2255: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-01-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the qualifications, term, and duties of the state health officer. (became law, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2255/
- SB 2292: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 12.1-34-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the reimbursement of medical screening and… (became law, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2292/
- SB 2231: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 50-24.1-45 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to covered services for medical assistance. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2231/
- SB 2190: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 50-24.1-45 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to medical assistance benefits. (passed one chamber, 2025-03-28) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2190/
- SB 2192: A BILL for an Act to provide an appropriation to the department of health and human services for accreditation grants for community providers. (in committee, 2025-02-14) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2192/
- SB 2193: A BILL for an Act to create and enact two new sections to chapter 25-13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the certification and sale of assistance… (passed one chamber, 2025-03-18) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2193/
- SB 2191: AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study relating to health care services in local correctional facilities. (became law, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2191/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $44.1K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 98% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ndlegis.gov/biography/judy-lee
- X: https://x.com/judithlee1
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/judyleeforNDsenate/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/judy.lee.5686
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/judy-lee-36a64122/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/75e58364-853b-4b08-b902-7c84deb98e4a