---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to open record and meeting laws; to amend and reenact subsection 9 of section 44‑04‑17.1, sections 44‑04‑18.27 and 44‑04‑19, subsections 1 and 2 of section 44‑04‑20, and section 44‑04‑30 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to open record and meeting laws; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to open record and meeting laws; to amend and reenact subsection 9 of section 44‑04‑17.1, sections 44‑04‑18.27 and 44‑04‑19, subsections 1 and 2 of section 44‑04‑20, and section 44‑04‑30 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to open record and meeting laws; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1349"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1349 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54b42d9c-0f1f-4efa-82fa-94056748b676"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1349.html"
source_hash: "c9130e6e7d8bbb006957d99374856e155ebb12ff0c6ace94abadb96318b1ec7f"
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 1349 (67) — Relating to open record and meeting laws; to amend and reenact subsection 9 of section 44‑04‑17.1, sections 44‑04‑18.27 and 44‑04‑19, subsections 1 and 2 of section 44‑04‑20, and section 44‑04‑30 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to open record and meeting laws; 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/21-0723-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0723-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0723-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0723-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Devlin — cosponsor (person)
- Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Karls — cosponsor (person)
- Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Oban — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-05** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-02-16** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** Received from House
- **2021-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-25** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-03-26** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-29** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-13** Concurred
- **2021-04-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 77 nays 16 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Signed by President
- **2021-04-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-16** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor 04/19 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/20 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54b42d9c-0f1f-4efa-82fa-94056748b676`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).