---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50‑25.1‑15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to abandoned infants at certain locations; and to provide for a report to the legislative management."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50‑25.1‑15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to abandoned infants at certain locations; and to provide for a report to the legislative management."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1285"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1285 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES", "EDUCATION - SEE ALSO HIGHER ED; SCHOOLS; SPEC ED; VOC ED", "HEALTH", "HOSPITALS - SEE ALSO STATE HOSPITAL", "LAW ENFORCEMENT - SEE ALSO PEACE OFFICERS", "MINORS - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "SAFETY - SEE ALSO HEALTH; MEDICAL SERVICES", "SOCIAL SERVICES - SEE ALSO DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ertelt", "Fegley", "Johnston", "Jones", "Karls", "M. Ruby", "Myrdal", "Poolman", "Rohr", "Schneider", "Skroch"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/563d3f28-e62e-49d2-a338-1be34af9c14a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1285.html"
source_hash: "0678705e174915a34d9cf47f108ad2d0a2ffa2964cd559075e0c160011112156"
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 1285 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50‑25.1‑15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to abandoned infants at certain locations; and to provide for a report to the legislative management.

## 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/19-0327-04000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0327-05003a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Conference Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0327-05003m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0327-04002a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the House Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0327-04002m.pdf)
6. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0327-05002a.pdf)
7. **Adopted by the Senate Human Services Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0327-05002m.pdf)
8. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0327-08000.pdf)
9. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0327-05000.pdf)
10. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0327-07000.pdf)
11. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0327-06000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Ertelt — primary (person)
- Fegley — primary (person)
- Johnston — primary (person)
- Jones — primary (person)
- Karls — primary (person)
- M. Ruby — primary (person)
- Myrdal — primary (person)
- Poolman — primary (person)
- Rohr — primary (person)
- Schneider — primary (person)
- Skroch — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-15** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-01-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-01** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-07** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-03-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-22** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-25** Returned to House (12)
- **2019-04-02** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-02** Conference committee appointed Rohr Skroch Schneider
- **2019-04-04** Conference committee appointed Clemens K. Roers Hogan
- **2019-04-12** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-17** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-17** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-17** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-18** Signed by President
- **2019-04-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/24 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/563d3f28-e62e-49d2-a338-1be34af9c14a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).