---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to an enhanced penalty for the death of an individual as a result of a drug overdose; to amend and reenact section 19‑03.1‑23.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to overdose prevention and immunity; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to an enhanced penalty for the death of an individual as a result of a drug overdose; to amend and reenact section 19‑03.1‑23.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to overdose prevention and immunity; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1287"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1287 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ba8fc24-1877-4566-b55c-72e2ed1bd36e"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1287.html"
source_hash: "048d31b008e033a5f20c03c3dfca182a8e0691438a9a0dc59fa1f90270170697"
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 1287 (67) — Relating to an enhanced penalty for the death of an individual as a result of a drug overdose; to amend and reenact section 19‑03.1‑23.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to overdose prevention and immunity; 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/21-0786-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0786-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0786-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Satrom — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-27** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2021-02-04** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 10 4 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2021-02-08** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2021-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 6 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 77 nays 16 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** Received from House
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-10** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-03-22** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 6 `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/5ba8fc24-1877-4566-b55c-72e2ed1bd36e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).