# Jonathan Sickler

Jonathan Sickler is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 17.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 17
- Serving since: 2022-06-02
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/e0da9b3a-45c3-4776-b6cc-eebd3d64d785

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e0da9b3a-45c3-4776-b6cc-eebd3d64d785 (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

Sickler missed 5.4% of 998 roll calls, attendance in the bottom tenth of the North Dakota Senate (average 98.3%).

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score +0.18 (standard error 0.02), from 9 donors and 577 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 24% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 94.5% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 77% (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 nay · 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 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 6 bills: 6 reached committee, 5 passed one chamber, 4 passed both, 4 became law. Cosponsored 47. 83.3% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Dakota Senate 67.7%; rank 13 of 29).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SCR 4013: A concurrent resolution to support the electoral college, denounce the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact, and invite interested states to form the… (passed one chamber, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SCR4013/
- SB 2382: AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 28 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to vexatious litigation; and to declare an emergency. (became law, 2025-04-01) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2382/
- SB 2226: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 54-61-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the commission on legal counsel for indigents; to… (became law, 2025-04-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2226/
- SB 2233: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 32-12.2-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to notice requirements for claims against the state. (became law, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2233/
- SB 2212: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact sections 15-54.1-01, 15-54.1-02, 15-54.1-03, and 15-54.1-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the… (in committee, 2025-02-14) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2212/
- SB 2147: AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 15-10-38.4, a new subsection to section 15-62.4-03, a new section to chapter 15-62.4, and a new… (became law, 2025-06-11) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2147/
- SB 2376: AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding the recording of custodial interrogations. (became law, 2023-04-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2376/
- SB 2391: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 40-63-01, sections 40-63-03, 40-63-04, and 40-63-05, and subsection 5 of section 40-63-07 of the North… (became law, 2023-04-29) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2391/
- SB 2161: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15-11-40 and 57-51.1-07.9 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the state energy research center and the center's… (became law, 2023-04-29) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2161/
- SB 2148: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 43-17-42 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the corporate practice of medicine. (became law, 2023-03-30) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2148/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $30.0K (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). 100% of itemized individual money came from in state. Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ndlegis.gov/biography/jonathan-sickler
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=33990
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-sickler-2ab36853/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/e0da9b3a-45c3-4776-b6cc-eebd3d64d785