---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to tribal police officers; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to tribal police officers; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1126"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1126 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5fcbdb9-6fd1-4591-a2bb-aa6cbe95b597"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1126.html"
source_hash: "2af12ea69ce7629c04e89747ccbbcbb678abc92a1e737efe2d19b7b73901fd7b"
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 1126 (67) — Relating to tribal police officers; 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.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0338-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0338-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bakke — cosponsor (person)
- Buffalo — cosponsor (person)
- Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Ista — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Mock — cosponsor (person)
- Porter — cosponsor (person)
- Roers Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-18** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-01-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 2 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 10, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-21** Received from House
- **2021-02-15** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-03** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-03-05** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-09** Returned to House
- **2021-03-10** Signed by President
- **2021-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-17** Signed by Governor 03/16 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5fcbdb9-6fd1-4591-a2bb-aa6cbe95b597`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).