---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the penalty for an individual under twenty‑one years of age who consumes, purchases, or possesses an alcoholic beverage; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to the penalty for an individual under twenty‑one years of age who consumes, purchases, or possesses an alcoholic beverage; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1223"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1223 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f115daac-1d78-4c01-8ef7-9af5055d65cc"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1223.html"
source_hash: "cfd1212b57c90279cebd2e886e7fd2f1e6342003be65efe95e7269b9b099c927"
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 1223 (67) — Relating to the penalty for an individual under twenty‑one years of age who consumes, purchases, or possesses an alcoholic beverage; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/21-0536-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0536-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Adams — cosponsor (person)
- Bakke — cosponsor (person)
- Heckaman — cosponsor (person)
- Ista — cosponsor (person)
- Kreun — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Mock — cosponsor (person)
- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Roers Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Vetter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-25** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-01-25** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Received from House
- **2021-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-10** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-03-22** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-24** Returned to House
- **2021-03-25** Signed by President
- **2021-03-29** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/31 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-05** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/01 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f115daac-1d78-4c01-8ef7-9af5055d65cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).