---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 46‑04‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to distribution of session laws and codes."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 46‑04‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to distribution of session laws and codes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1280"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1280 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS - SEE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "COUNTIES - SEE ALSO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "NORTH DAKOTA CENTURY CODE", "PRINTING", "SECRETARY OF STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dobervich", "Ertelt", "Hanson", "Howe", "Kannianen", "M. Ruby", "Pyle", "Simons", "Vedaa"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/644f5125-d9c5-4547-8b53-f68dc760bb10"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1280.html"
source_hash: "ae09dc242e7d72b738b7dad4c29187cbb17369afb6af4b9c1c8ff9a87069fa8c"
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 1280 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 46‑04‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to distribution of session laws and codes.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0654-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0654-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 91 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 45 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dobervich — primary (person)
- Ertelt — primary (person)
- Hanson — primary (person)
- Howe — primary (person)
- Kannianen — primary (person)
- M. Ruby — primary (person)
- Pyle — primary (person)
- Simons — primary (person)
- Vedaa — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2017-02-03** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2017-02-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-20** Received from House
- **2017-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-09** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2017-03-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Returned to House
- **2017-03-15** Signed by President
- **2017-03-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-23** Signed by Governor 03/22 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/644f5125-d9c5-4547-8b53-f68dc760bb10`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).