# Todd Beard

Todd Beard is a Republican member of the North Dakota Senate for district 23.

- Party: Republican
- Seat: North Dakota Senate, district 23
- Serving since: 2022-12-01
- Current term: ND 2025–26 session
- Open States ID: ocd-person/f01e3e40-01d3-4290-a85b-760683d4292e

Source: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f01e3e40-01d3-4290-a85b-760683d4292e (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

Beard sits at −0.11 on the CSIP scale, more liberal than 98% of State Senate Republicans.

## Ideology (CSIP)

CSIP score −0.11 (standard error 0.01), from 1 donors and 596 roll calls. Negative is left of 0, positive right of it, on one scale for every official. 2.5% of State Senate Republicans score lower.

## Votes (ND 2025–26 session)

998 roll calls. Attendance 98.7% (North Dakota Senate 98.3%). Party unity 87% (79%). 102 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 9 bills: 9 reached committee, 7 passed one chamber, 5 passed both, 5 became law. Cosponsored 7. 77.8% of sponsored bills got out of committee (North Dakota Senate 67.7%; rank 15 of 29).

Recent sponsored bills:

- SB 2351: AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15.1-12-02 and 15.1-12-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to annexation of property to a school district; and… (became law, 2025-04-18) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2351/
- SB 2258: AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 28-32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the enforcement of agency rules. (became law, 2025-03-26) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2258/
- SB 2131: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 52-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to workforce training center funding… (in committee, 2025-02-17) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2131/
- SB 2100: AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-27-04.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to emergency medical services personnel training. (became law, 2025-03-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2100/
- SB 2105: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the administration of surveys to students… (passed one chamber, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2105/
- SB 2107: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 11 of section 50-11.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to early childhood services training for licensure;… (became law, 2025-03-27) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2107/
- SB 2101: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 23-27-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to emergency medical services response requirements. (became law, 2025-03-24) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2101/
- SB 2106: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 61-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to weather modification operations in the… (in committee, 2025-02-07) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2106/
- SB 2104: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to review by the superintendent of public… (passed one chamber, 2025-04-04) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/69/SB2104/
- SB 2311: AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 11 of section 35-24-01 and sections 35-24-03, 35-24-11, and 35-27-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to well… (became law, 2023-04-20) https://openstates.org/nd/bills/68/SB2311/

## Campaign money (2026 cycle)

Itemized receipts $5,400 (State Senate Republicans median $46.2K). Aggregates only; no individual donors.

## Links

- Official site: https://ndlegis.gov/biography/todd-beard
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/todd.beard.355
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-beard-04053411b/

Full profile, with every chart and the methods: https://americaspoliticalpulse.com/p/f01e3e40-01d3-4290-a85b-760683d4292e