---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 40‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the location of a proceeding before a municipal judge and the use of reliable electronic means."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 40‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the location of a proceeding before a municipal judge and the use of reliable electronic means."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1147"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1147 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS", "COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS", "JUDGES - SEE ALSO COURTS", "JUDGES - SEE ALSO COURTS", "JUDICIAL BRANCH", "JUDICIAL BRANCH"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Devlin", "Heinert", "K. Koppelman", "Lefor", "M. Ruby", "Roers Jones", "Wardner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb951ebe-f9ae-4121-ab0d-afa140f9d031"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1147.html"
source_hash: "f67a7cd7ac0b17761738ccca897b5244385ac52b78db7d3db674a25dc4d1a98f"
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 1147 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 40‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the location of a proceeding before a municipal judge and the use of reliable electronic means.

## 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/19-0747-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0747-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Devlin — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- K. Koppelman — primary (person)
- Lefor — primary (person)
- M. Ruby — primary (person)
- Roers Jones — primary (person)
- Wardner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-14** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2019-01-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-17** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-03-05** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-07** Returned to House
- **2019-03-08** Signed by President
- **2019-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-13** Signed by Governor 03/12 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb951ebe-f9ae-4121-ab0d-afa140f9d031`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).