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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting a forced or coerced abortion; and to provide a penalty."
+description: "Relating to prohibiting a forced or coerced abortion; and to provide a penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
+legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
+session: "68"
+identifier: "HB 1171"
+citation: "North Dakota HB 1171 (68)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Vicky Steiner"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 16
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-09"
+last_action: "2023-04-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cc958d1-b4a1-46c2-92c4-c10dde955141"
+source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
+source_hash: "fc2b80cff546b0a02052e2ddbb5e8ef61a374ce1371d8719f69b19e57c3a3d5d"
+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 1171 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting a forced or coerced abortion; and to provide a penalty.
+
+Relating to prohibiting a forced or coerced abortion; 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](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0446-01000.pdf)
+2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0446-02000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1171 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1171 — **89–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Vicky Steiner — primary (person)
+- Craig Headland — cosponsor (person)
+- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean Rummel — cosponsor (person)
+- Janne Myrdal — cosponsor (person)
+- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
+- Karen A. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Karen Karls — cosponsor (person)
+- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
+- Lori VanWinkle — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Schatz — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
+- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 02:00
+- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 02:38
+- **2023-01-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-01-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-01-19** Received from House
+- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
+- **2023-04-03** Committee Hearing 09:00
+- **2023-04-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-04-05** Returned to House
+- **2023-04-07** Signed by President
+- **2023-04-07** Signed by Speaker
+- **2023-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-12** Signed by Governor 04/11 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/12 `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7cc958d1-b4a1-46c2-92c4-c10dde955141`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).
+