---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to alternative education opportunities outside the classroom for course credit; and to provide for a legislative management report."
description: "Relating to alternative education opportunities outside the classroom for course credit; and to provide for a legislative management report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1478"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1478 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-18"
last_action: "2021-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c6e65d6-c708-4750-aaab-0aa7cfbeceb2"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1478.html"
source_hash: "c07ca1099a3b9b180c22019bb010c86053555853f2610afd82f067b0f573d2c3"
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 1478 (67) — Relating to alternative education opportunities outside the classroom for course credit; and to provide for a legislative management report.

## 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/21-0643-05000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0643-08000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0643-06000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0643-07000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Longmuir — cosponsor (person)
- Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Zubke — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2021-02-02** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-02-19** Received from House
- **2021-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-09** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2021-03-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2021-03-22** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-23** Returned to House (12)
- **2021-04-13** Concurred
- **2021-04-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-04-15** Signed by President
- **2021-04-16** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-04-16** 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/2c6e65d6-c708-4750-aaab-0aa7cfbeceb2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).