---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to higher education student identification cardsvoting documents; and to amend and reenact section 16.1‑01‑04.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to acceptable forms of identification for purposes of voting."
description: "Relating to higher education student identification cardsvoting documents; and to amend and reenact section 16.1‑01‑04.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to acceptable forms of identification for purposes of voting."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1447"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1447 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d421054-c3c0-425d-b334-44b188974fc3"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1447.html"
source_hash: "4c521e13cd3e0ab49df3025ab5437392a6ed62788739173b68e812d7ec45ac32"
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 1447 (67) — Relating to higher education student identification cardsvoting documents; and to amend and reenact section 16.1‑01‑04.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to acceptable forms of identification for purposes of voting.

## 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/21-0967-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0967-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0967-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Cory — cosponsor (person)
- Holmberg — cosponsor (person)
- Kreun — cosponsor (person)
- Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-21** Request return from committee
- **2021-01-21** Rereferred to Government and Veterans Affairs
- **2021-02-18** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2021-02-22** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 4 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** Received from House
- **2021-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-25** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2021-03-29** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-31** Returned to House
- **2021-04-01** Signed by President
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-09** Signed by Governor 04/08 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d421054-c3c0-425d-b334-44b188974fc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).