---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 12‑60‑24 and section 54‑17‑07.13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks for the housing finance agency."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 12‑60‑24 and section 54‑17‑07.13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks for the housing finance agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1376"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1376 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Hatlestad", "Lefor", "Owens", "Richter", "Roers Jones", "Steiner", "Trottier"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/541c32e5-17ab-4d0c-bde4-bab1e8e0bcff"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1376.html"
source_hash: "56212a5090d62461d7aafe0486128bcd27c0ae674307d4990c7ad6828b8e504e"
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 1376 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 12‑60‑24 and section 54‑17‑07.13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks for the housing finance agency.

## 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/19-0872-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0872-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Hatlestad — primary (person)
- Lefor — primary (person)
- Owens — primary (person)
- Richter — primary (person)
- Roers Jones — primary (person)
- Steiner — primary (person)
- Trottier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** Committee Hearing 09:50
- **2019-01-22** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 8 5 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 71 nays 20 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-28** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-03-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-08** Returned to House
- **2019-03-11** Signed by President
- **2019-03-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-14** Signed by Governor 03/13 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-15** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/541c32e5-17ab-4d0c-bde4-bab1e8e0bcff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).