North Dakota Task Force Eyes Dissolving Dozens of State Boards

(Photo by Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)

(North Dakota Monitor) – Of the more than 170 state boards and commissions overseen by the North Dakota Governor’s Office, dozens could be dissolved or merged together in an effort to streamline state government.

The North Dakota Boards and Commissions Task Force has been meeting with the state’s boards and commissions since October as a result of the passage of Senate Bill 2308 during the 2025 legislative session.

The bill empowers the task force to look for “inefficiencies” and overlapping responsibilities of each board and will result in a report with recommendations to Legislative Management by Oct. 1 about which boards should continue, dissolve or merge with other boards.

Gov. Kelly Armstrong mentioned the need to reduce or combine the state’s boards and commissions to deliver better services during his first State of the State address in 2025.