---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 11 of section 16.1‑01‑09.1 and subsection 4 of section 44‑08‑21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to recalling elected officials."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 11 of section 16.1‑01‑09.1 and subsection 4 of section 44‑08‑21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to recalling elected officials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1201"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1201 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "INITIATIVE", "RECALL", "AND REFERRAL - SEE ALSO CONSTITUTION", "SECRETARY OF STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Roers", "Klemin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f265c06-cabc-45b1-bed8-9d094b78b71f"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1201.html"
source_hash: "67d546b0112a6cbe56bcecb50eb35af54d083023adbac62cdace9a5ef1e83bb1"
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 1201 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 11 of section 16.1‑01‑09.1 and subsection 4 of section 44‑08‑21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to recalling elected officials.

## 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/19-0904-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0904-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- J. Roers — primary (person)
- Klemin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-25** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-01-25** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 4 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 80 nays 12 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-31** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2019-02-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-04** Returned to House
- **2019-03-05** Signed by President
- **2019-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-11** Signed by Governor 03/08 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/08 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0f265c06-cabc-45b1-bed8-9d094b78b71f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).