---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a prohibition on using nonpublic funds for elections operations."
description: "Relating to a prohibition on using nonpublic funds for elections operations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1256"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1256 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/427449cf-58a8-4de8-8d80-92543f9b824c"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1256.html"
source_hash: "b1012ad732acd313ee98c22c1d92c093f53647071a634f8d4861a10f958d1f8f"
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 1256 (67) — Relating to a prohibition on using nonpublic funds for elections operations.

## 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/21-0377-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0377-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0377-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Christensen — cosponsor (person)
- Fegley — cosponsor (person)
- Heitkamp — cosponsor (person)
- Magrum — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-21** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2021-02-01** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-02** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 78 nays 13 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** Received from House
- **2021-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-05** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-03-05** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 24 nays 22 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-09** Returned to House
- **2021-04-07** Signed by President
- **2021-04-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-19** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/19 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/427449cf-58a8-4de8-8d80-92543f9b824c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).