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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 20.1-01-02 and 20.1-05-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the possession of handguns and use of dogs in the recovery of big game animals."
+description: "Relating to the possession of handguns and use of dogs in the recovery of big game animals."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
+legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
+session: "68"
+identifier: "HB 1224"
+citation: "North Dakota HB 1224 (68)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jon O. Nelson"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-09"
+last_action: "2023-03-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d0f8da8-aa5a-4dae-a250-2577d5feca59"
+source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
+source_hash: "b519f10f9eccdb5e0235a038296014cd3984f476c790cf4cf7b80f79b64be2a3"
+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 1224 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 20.1-01-02 and 20.1-05-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the possession of handguns and use of dogs in the recovery of big game animals.
+
+Relating to the possession of handguns and use of dogs in the recovery of big game animals.
+
+## 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/23-0180-01000.pdf)
+2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0180-03000.pdf)
+3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0180-02000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1224 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1224 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jon O. Nelson — primary (person)
+- Corey Mock — cosponsor (person)
+- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Jerry Klein — cosponsor (person)
+- Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
+- **2023-01-19** Committee Hearing 02:00
+- **2023-02-10** Committee Hearing 10:20
+- **2023-02-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
+- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-15** Received from House
+- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
+- **2023-03-02** Committee Hearing 01:15
+- **2023-03-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-07** Returned to House
+- **2023-03-08** Signed by President
+- **2023-03-14** Signed by Speaker
+- **2023-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-03-17** Signed by Governor 03/15 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-03-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/16 `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d0f8da8-aa5a-4dae-a250-2577d5feca59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).
+