---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the unauthorized dissemination of criminal history record information; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to the unauthorized dissemination of criminal history record information; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1294"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1294 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0acd533-d67a-439f-b53b-64980a15ebd5"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1294.html"
source_hash: "1ced0c4da18063b94dc28263452b53ef15dbcaeb17e6a6c593142b3c691981c4"
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 1294 (67) — Relating to the unauthorized dissemination of criminal history record information; 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/21-0778-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0778-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0778-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0778-04000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bakke — cosponsor (person)
- Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Roers Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Satrom — 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 11:00
- **2021-01-26** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 5 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 12 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-03** Received from House
- **2021-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-08** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2021-03-22** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-23** Amendment failed, placed on calendar `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Returned to House
- **2021-03-26** 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/c0acd533-d67a-439f-b53b-64980a15ebd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).