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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to term beginning dates for elected state government officials."
+description: "Relating to term beginning dates for elected state government officials."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
+legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
+session: "68"
+identifier: "HB 1235"
+citation: "North Dakota HB 1235 (68)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jason Dockter"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2023-01-10"
+last_action: "2023-04-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ceabf874-2806-4807-b2ba-6652231ad600"
+source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
+source_hash: "0515dfef65685a14dc417ed4884ac6ea5c6930b5c11a78651220c2c1def25523"
+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 1235 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to term beginning dates for elected state government officials.
+
+Relating to term beginning dates for elected state government officials.
+
+## 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/23-0717-01000.pdf)
+2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0717-03000.pdf)
+3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0717-02000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1235 — **41–5** (pass) · upper
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1235 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jason Dockter — primary (person)
+- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
+- Greg Stemen — cosponsor (person)
+- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
+- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
+- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
+- **2023-01-26** Committee Hearing 09:30
+- **2023-01-26** Committee Hearing 03:45
+- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 11:40
+- **2023-02-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-02-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
+- **2023-02-08** Laid over one legislative day
+- **2023-02-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-02-13** Received from House
+- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
+- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 08:50
+- **2023-03-24** Committee Hearing 02:30
+- **2023-03-27** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-03-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 41 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-03-31** Returned to House
+- **2023-04-03** Signed by President
+- **2023-04-03** Signed by Speaker
+- **2023-04-04** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-04-07** Signed by Governor 04/06 `executive-signature`
+- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/10 `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ceabf874-2806-4807-b2ba-6652231ad600`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).
+