---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 40‑05‑06, subsection 3 of section 40‑18‑01, and section 40‑18‑14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to city fines and penalties and jurisdiction of municipal judges; and to provide a penalty."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 40‑05‑06, subsection 3 of section 40‑18‑01, and section 40‑18‑14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to city fines and penalties and jurisdiction of municipal judges; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1244"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1244 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS", "PENALTIES - SEE ALSO CRIMES", "POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS - SEE ALSO CITIES; COUNTIES; TOWNSHIPS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bakke", "K. Koppelman", "Magrum"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cae2ae01-66c4-4b9f-a0be-087776f04962"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1244.html"
source_hash: "eafdb39f67a49f8d9a63cf07682e71f431ebf42338ef0ed49e19e403425f8b1c"
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 1244 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 40‑05‑06, subsection 3 of section 40‑18‑01, and section 40‑18‑14 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to city fines and penalties and jurisdiction of municipal judges; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/19-0824-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0824-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bakke — primary (person)
- K. Koppelman — primary (person)
- Magrum — 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 10:30
- **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`
- **2019-02-27** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2019-02-27** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-01** Returned to House
- **2019-03-04** Signed by President
- **2019-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-07** Signed by Governor 03/06 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-11** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/06 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cae2ae01-66c4-4b9f-a0be-087776f04962`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).