---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to establish a legislative management redistricting committee, to provide for the implementation of a legislative redistricting plan, to exempt drafts of redistricting plans from open records requirements, to provide for public access to plans that are distributed or reported, and to provide for a special legislative session; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to establish a legislative management redistricting committee, to provide for the implementation of a legislative redistricting plan, to exempt drafts of redistricting plans from open records requirements, to provide for public access to plans that are distributed or reported, and to provide for a special legislative session; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1397"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1397 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d38b466c-a03b-4c68-b32e-720b0958ef0c"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1397.html"
source_hash: "c597c5ea04b4bc1fa10fbc01d5b14cdebef2a7239d1247460787bdc1a8ec1f03"
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 1397 (67) — AN ACT to establish a legislative management redistricting committee, to provide for the implementation of a legislative redistricting plan, to exempt drafts of redistricting plans from open records requirements, to provide for public access to plans that are distributed or reported, and to provide for a special legislative session; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/21-0909-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0909-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0909-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0909-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Louser — cosponsor (person)
- Pollert — cosponsor (person)
- Wardner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-02-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-22** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 8, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** Received from House
- **2021-03-03** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-26** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2021-04-01** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-04-05** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Emergency clause carried
- **2021-04-06** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-15** Concurred
- **2021-04-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 3, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-19** Signed by President
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d38b466c-a03b-4c68-b32e-720b0958ef0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).