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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to higher education student and faculty free speech; to amend and reenact section 15‑10.4‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to free speech policies of institutions under the control of the state board of higher education; and to provide a penalty."
+description: "Relating to higher education student and faculty free speech; to amend and reenact section 15‑10.4‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to free speech policies of institutions under the control of the state board of higher education; and to provide a penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
+legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
+session: "67"
+identifier: "HB 1503"
+citation: "North Dakota HB 1503 (67)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: []
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 0
+first_action: "2021-02-05"
+last_action: "2021-04-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c3772b0-8fe4-4b64-af9b-a291c7560dc9"
+source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1503.html"
+source_hash: "5a4d57ba13f0ece7f94d258dd6efca1be1bdf65f6e4a41f801344e39e8e50301"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
+---
+
+# North Dakota HB 1503 (67) — Relating to higher education student and faculty free speech; to amend and reenact section 15‑10.4‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to free speech policies of institutions under the control of the state board of higher education; and to provide a penalty.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0929-02000.pdf)
+2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0929-04000.pdf)
+3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0929-03000.pdf)
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Becker — cosponsor (person)
+- Dever — cosponsor (person)
+- Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
+- Holmberg — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
+- Satrom — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
+- **2021-02-16** Committee Hearing 08:30
+- **2021-02-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 4 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-02-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
+- **2021-02-22** Laid over one legislative day
+- **2021-02-23** Laid over one legislative day
+- **2021-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 65 nays 29 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2021-03-03** Received from House
+- **2021-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
+- **2021-03-22** Committee Hearing 02:30
+- **2021-03-31** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
+- **2021-04-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 35 nays 12 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2021-04-05** Returned to House
+- **2021-04-06** Signed by President
+- **2021-04-14** Signed by Speaker
+- **2021-04-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-04-19** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/19 `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c3772b0-8fe4-4b64-af9b-a291c7560dc9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).
+