---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1‑33 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to limitations on public employer consideration of criminal background."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1‑33 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to limitations on public employer consideration of criminal background."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1282"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1282 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CITIES", "COUNTIES", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT - SEE ALSO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES; STATE EMPLOY", "LABOR COMMISSIONER", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC", "PARK DISTRICTS", "STATE GOVERNMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Adams", "Bakke", "Buffalo", "Dobervich", "Dwyer", "Guggisberg", "Hanson", "McWilliams", "Mitskog", "Roers Jones", "Satrom", "Schneider"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3255afdd-1980-49f7-a8f1-181646564a8c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1282.html"
source_hash: "838dbe1bb81cef0b8c086e7053eafadd91576ae64c8aa6c82956094396bcd2a8"
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 1282 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1‑33 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to limitations on public employer consideration of criminal background.

## 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/19-0749-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0749-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0749-02000.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Schneider** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0749-01001a.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Schneider (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0749-01001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Adams — primary (person)
- Bakke — primary (person)
- Buffalo — primary (person)
- Dobervich — primary (person)
- Dwyer — primary (person)
- Guggisberg — primary (person)
- Hanson — primary (person)
- McWilliams — primary (person)
- Mitskog — primary (person)
- Roers Jones — primary (person)
- Satrom — primary (person)
- Schneider — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-17** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-01-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-01-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 11 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-25** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-04** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **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 43 nays 2 `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/3255afdd-1980-49f7-a8f1-181646564a8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).