---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54‑12‑34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the collection of data on missing persons."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54‑12‑34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the collection of data on missing persons."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1313"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1313 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "INDIANS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT - SEE ALSO PEACE OFFICERS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT - SEE ALSO PEACE OFFICERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beadle", "Buffalo", "Clemens", "Dobervich", "Fegley", "Hager", "Heckaman", "Hogan", "Jones", "Kannianen", "M. Nelson", "Satrom"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0cd3436b-c3f0-4cfd-8540-5320a321ea8a"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1313.html"
source_hash: "cd6e4b3e6188660bf559858f0cc2abb0d889f9c8d04d0585727cf9c0f8c949f7"
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 1313 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54‑12‑34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the collection of data on missing persons.

## 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/19-0750-02000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Finance and Taxation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0750-02003a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Finance and Taxation Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0750-02003m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0750-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0750-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beadle — primary (person)
- Buffalo — primary (person)
- Clemens — primary (person)
- Dobervich — primary (person)
- Fegley — primary (person)
- Hager — primary (person)
- Heckaman — primary (person)
- Hogan — primary (person)
- Jones — primary (person)
- Kannianen — primary (person)
- M. Nelson — primary (person)
- Satrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-23** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-01-28** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2019-02-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-06** Amendment adopted
- **2019-02-06** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-02-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 19 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-19** Received from House
- **2019-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-19** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-03-19** Reported back, do pass 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2019-03-26** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-29** Returned to House
- **2019-04-02** Signed by President
- **2019-04-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-03** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Governor 04/08 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-10** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0cd3436b-c3f0-4cfd-8540-5320a321ea8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).