---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 44-06.1-01, section 44-06.1-17, subsections 5 and 9 of section 44-06.1-20, subsection 2 of section 44-06.1-21, subsections 6, 7, and 8 of section 44-06.1-23, and section 44-06.1-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to notarial acts, notary commissions, and notary public name and address changes."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 44-06.1-01, section 44-06.1-17, subsections 5 and 9 of section 44-06.1-20, subsection 2 of section 44-06.1-21, subsections 6, 7, and 8 of section 44-06.1-23, and section 44-06.1-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to notarial acts, notary commissions, and notary public name and address changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1316"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1316 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["NOTARIES PUBLIC", "OFFICES AND OFFICERS - SEE ALSO STATE EMPLOYEES", "SECRETARY OF STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grabinger", "Hogue", "K. Koppelman", "Klemin", "Maragos"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e794040-652b-49ae-86fe-e3593b713c6c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1316.html"
source_hash: "2aaccdbc2aad9e63389c49e9afd6c7838af0251bd8e146bc0083ee6bfbe3f9e8"
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 1316 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 44-06.1-01, section 44-06.1-17, subsections 5 and 9 of section 44-06.1-20, subsection 2 of section 44-06.1-21, subsections 6, 7, and 8 of section 44-06.1-23, and section 44-06.1-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to notarial acts, notary commissions, and notary public name and address changes.

## 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/17-8154-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8154-02000.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 43 YEAS, 2 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **43–2** (pass) · upper
- 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 90 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 4 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grabinger — primary (person)
- Hogue — primary (person)
- K. Koppelman — primary (person)
- Klemin — primary (person)
- Maragos — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2017-02-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 2 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 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 09:30
- **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 43 nays 2 `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/5e794040-652b-49ae-86fe-e3593b713c6c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).