---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding county correctional employees carrying firearms."
description: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding county correctional employees carrying firearms."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1459"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1459 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e7d3416-013c-4365-94b1-1d7b7e44ac75"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1459.html"
source_hash: "6fbb76a1f8c0e630493477b2e4cf68f52b0e3d42b40607090098f75994f20594"
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 1459 (67) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding county correctional employees carrying firearms.

## 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/21-0903-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0903-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Guggisberg — cosponsor (person)
- Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Ruby — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-12** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-02-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 2 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** Received from House
- **2021-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-29** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2021-03-30** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-01** Returned to House
- **2021-04-05** Signed by President
- **2021-04-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-13** Signed by Governor 04/12 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e7d3416-013c-4365-94b1-1d7b7e44ac75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).