---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to student dress code policies; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to student dress code policies; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1335"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1335 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION - SEE ALSO HIGHER ED; SCHOOLS; SPEC ED; VOC ED", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "SCHOOL BOARDS", "SCHOOLS - SEE ALSO SCHOOL BOARDS; SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "STUDENTS - SEE ALSO EDUCATION; SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blum", "Buffalo", "Dwyer", "Hager", "Heckaman", "Kannianen", "Marcellais", "Mathern", "O'Brien", "Oehlke", "Schneider", "Vetter"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-09"
last_action: "2019-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b94b817-153e-4655-a8cf-bf428b2ebefa"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1335.html"
source_hash: "f35dcdb4762a425daf4d739b201d7ad998546ddec7c1cec7e6bc5a827b5669da"
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 1335 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to student dress code policies; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/19-0899-02000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0899-02001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Education Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0899-02001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0899-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0899-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Blum — primary (person)
- Buffalo — primary (person)
- Dwyer — primary (person)
- Hager — primary (person)
- Heckaman — primary (person)
- Kannianen — primary (person)
- Marcellais — primary (person)
- Mathern — primary (person)
- O'Brien — primary (person)
- Oehlke — primary (person)
- Schneider — primary (person)
- Vetter — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-21** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2019-01-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-01** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 2, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-07** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-04** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-12** Returned to House
- **2019-03-13** Signed by President
- **2019-03-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Governor 03/19 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-22** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/20 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b94b817-153e-4655-a8cf-bf428b2ebefa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).