---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1‑32‑09.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to sentencing violent offenders; and to provide for retroactive application."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1‑32‑09.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to sentencing violent offenders; and to provide for retroactive application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1051"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1051 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS", "DISTRICT COURT - SEE ALSO COURTS", "PENALTIES - SEE ALSO CRIMES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dockter", "Myrdal", "Roers Jones", "Satrom", "Schreiber-Beck"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b0fbbd96-16f0-4a91-92aa-d89731e2ebfb"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1051.html"
source_hash: "707a2ef23be803135ca294a7a35e676f29044c55d811972cbd15dd941aa3edc9"
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 1051 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1‑32‑09.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to sentencing violent offenders; and to provide for retroactive application.

## 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/19-0336-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0336-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dockter — primary (person)
- Myrdal — primary (person)
- Roers Jones — primary (person)
- Satrom — primary (person)
- Schreiber-Beck — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-07** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2019-01-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 3 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 5 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-09** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-05** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Laid over one legislative day
- **2019-03-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 2 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-08** Returned to House
- **2019-03-11** Signed by President
- **2019-03-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-14** Signed by Governor 03/13 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-15** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b0fbbd96-16f0-4a91-92aa-d89731e2ebfb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).