---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 16.1‑06‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to initiated measures and election ballots."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 16.1‑06‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to initiated measures and election ballots."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1035"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1035 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "INITIATIVE", "RECALL", "AND REFERRAL - SEE ALSO CONSTITUTION", "LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "SECRETARY OF STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Legislative Management"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0548cbfc-beb4-40dd-ac12-5d97826bfc82"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1035.html"
source_hash: "87af7221c4999b1c8fc7209a47ff8fad1fee02e9aec9104563d678533ebae746"
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 1035 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 16.1‑06‑09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to initiated measures and election ballots.

## 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/66-2019/documents/19-0055-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0055-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2019-02-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 3 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 62 nays 28 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-08** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-08** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-03-21** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 5 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2019-03-22** Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 20 nays 23 `reading-2`
- **2019-03-25** Reconsidered
- **2019-03-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 34 nays 11 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-26** Returned to House
- **2019-03-27** Signed by President
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/28 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0548cbfc-beb4-40dd-ac12-5d97826bfc82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).