---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to filling vacancies in offices of members of the legislative assembly; to amend and reenact sections 44‑02‑03 and 54‑03‑01.13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to filling vacancies in offices of members of the legislative assembly; and to repeal section 16.1‑13‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to vacancies in offices of members of the legislative assembly."
description: "Relating to filling vacancies in offices of members of the legislative assembly; to amend and reenact sections 44‑02‑03 and 54‑03‑01.13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to filling vacancies in offices of members of the legislative assembly; and to repeal section 16.1‑13‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to vacancies in offices of members of the legislative assembly."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1461"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1461 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8d90675-4637-4a5f-acc0-a8f45f7498d8"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1461.html"
source_hash: "e636d5e6603f5bf31c5606b1f36ab81069a6ea96dffc7b101a200e38d0af994f"
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 1461 (67) — Relating to filling vacancies in offices of members of the legislative assembly; to amend and reenact sections 44‑02‑03 and 54‑03‑01.13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to filling vacancies in offices of members of the legislative assembly; and to repeal section 16.1‑13‑10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to vacancies in offices of members of the legislative assembly.

## 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/21-0983-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0983-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Burckhard — cosponsor (person)
- Klein — cosponsor (person)
- Koppelman — 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, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2021-02-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 94 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-03** Received from House
- **2021-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-19** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2021-03-23** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Returned to House
- **2021-03-26** Signed by President
- **2021-03-29** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-29** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/31 `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-05** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/01 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8d90675-4637-4a5f-acc0-a8f45f7498d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).