---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54‑12‑33 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to presentations by the human trafficking commission."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54‑12‑33 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to presentations by the human trafficking commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1541"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1541 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "EDUCATION - SEE ALSO HIGHER ED; SCHOOLS; SPEC ED; VOC ED", "STATE AGENCIES - SEE ALSO STATE GOVERNMENT", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buffalo", "Fegley", "Hager", "Hogan", "Myrdal"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 34
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e5560d28-7bd8-4078-bf23-0cc0b010fe73"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1541.html"
source_hash: "589cc4504da4b96a7ea7b6f4ebb8734e9ce325de1ba4b7847d3b27e53984c21b"
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 1541 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54‑12‑33 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to presentations by the human trafficking commission.

## 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/19-0751-04000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Senate Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0751-05001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Senate Judiciary Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0751-05001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0751-09000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0751-05000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0751-07000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0751-06000.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Buffalo** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0751-04001a.pdf)
9. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Buffalo (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0751-04001m.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Paulson** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0751-05003a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Paulson (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0751-05003m.pdf)
12. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Luick** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0751-05005a.pdf)
13. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Luick (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0751-05005m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Buffalo — primary (person)
- Fegley — primary (person)
- Hager — primary (person)
- Hogan — primary (person)
- Myrdal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-02-12** Reported back amended, without recommendation 12 2 0 `committee-passage`
- **2019-02-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 60 nays 30 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-18** Received from House
- **2019-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-19** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-26** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-27** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-28** Returned to House (12)
- **2019-04-04** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-04** Conference committee appointed Paulson Karls Vetter
- **2019-04-08** Conference committee appointed Luick Myrdal Bakke
- **2019-04-18** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 74 nays 17 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-18** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-19** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-19** Reconsidered
- **2019-04-19** Conference committee report rejected
- **2019-04-23** Laid over one legislative day
- **2019-04-23** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 76 nays 15 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 43 nays 4 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-25** Signed by President
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor 05/01 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e5560d28-7bd8-4078-bf23-0cc0b010fe73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).