---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 49‑10.1‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of railroad police."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 49‑10.1‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of railroad police."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1255"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1255 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "LAW ENFORCEMENT - SEE ALSO PEACE OFFICERS", "RAILROADS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beadle", "Boschee", "Elkin", "Heinert", "Myrdal", "Robinson", "Roers Jones"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4804425c-6a38-4d55-9c29-afd2aa52cf1c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1255.html"
source_hash: "4876dc7900fbf97d64507e821ccd4d50872783189b717f7dd6355feb3633bb35"
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 1255 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 49‑10.1‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of railroad police.

## 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/19-0649-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0649-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beadle — primary (person)
- Boschee — primary (person)
- Elkin — primary (person)
- Heinert — primary (person)
- Myrdal — primary (person)
- Robinson — primary (person)
- Roers Jones — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-16** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2019-01-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 9 4 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-18** Laid over one legislative day
- **2019-01-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 74 nays 16 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-23** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-04** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2019-03-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-06** Returned to House
- **2019-03-07** Signed by President
- **2019-03-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-08** 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/4804425c-6a38-4d55-9c29-afd2aa52cf1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).