Bill Tveit is an American politician. He has been a Republican member of the

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representing District 33 since December 1, 2018. Tveit is on the Agriculture and Human Services Committees. Tveit has sponsored numerous bills targeting LGBT people as part of the larger 2020s anti-LGBT movement. In January 2023, Tveit sponsored House Bill 1254, which sought to ban all forms of

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for

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minors and impose

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charges on doctors who perform transition-related surgeries. It passed the legislature and was signed into law by Governor

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in April, drawing immediate condemnation from the

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. This law caused North Dakota transgender youth to travel to

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to receive healthcare; a group of families filed a lawsuit against HB1254 in September. During the 2023 legislative session, Tveit voted in favor of every anti-LGBTQ bill proposed, including

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s, suggesting that school districts that ignore such laws should lose their state funding. In 2025, Tveit sponsored Resolution 3013, which called for the

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to overturn

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and define marriage as between a man and a woman. "As you are well aware, two cannot conceive or birth a child except for coming together of a female and a male," he said. "Based on the laws of nature, it’s just that simple," adding that they were welcome to call it a "collaborative union of a sort, or a legal bonding". The bill passed the House, 52 to 40, before it was killed in the Senate, despite receiving the support of

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, an anti-LGBT hate group. Tveit also introduced his own bathroom bill, House Bill 1144, which, among other things, bans all-gender bathrooms and allowed schools to be fined for noncompliance. The bill passed both the House and the Senate and was signed into law by Governor

on May 1.

Personal life

Tveit is married to Laurel Tveit and has three children. He attended the

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. He has served in the army. He lives in

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