---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for duties of the commission on juvenile justice and the children's cabinet and to create a juvenile justice planning committee, a planning committee for children in need of services, and a planning committee for alternatives to juvenile detention."
description: "AN ACT to provide for duties of the commission on juvenile justice and the children's cabinet and to create a juvenile justice planning committee, a planning committee for children in need of services, and a planning committee for alternatives to juvenile detention."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1427"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1427 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ee20a60a-a42c-46a7-a61c-698dbdccb52e"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1427.html"
source_hash: "70f85140d1daa6287e9d29815ae5eb7f33b4571767bc8ece0d2121eed5667edc"
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 1427 (67) — AN ACT to provide for duties of the commission on juvenile justice and the children's cabinet and to create a juvenile justice planning committee, a planning committee for children in need of services, and a planning committee for alternatives to juvenile detention.

## 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/21-0800-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0800-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0800-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Devlin — cosponsor (person)
- Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Karls — cosponsor (person)
- Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Schneider — cosponsor (person)
- Weisz — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-26** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2021-02-01** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2021-02-02** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-16** Received from House
- **2021-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-30** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2021-04-05** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-06** Returned to House
- **2021-04-08** Signed by President
- **2021-04-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-15** 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/ee20a60a-a42c-46a7-a61c-698dbdccb52e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).