---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 12.1-32-02 and sections 19-03.1-23 and 39-08-01.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a mental health court program."
description: "Relating to a mental health court program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1138"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1138 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernie Satrom"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/273a2872-c248-4368-9750-fc9dcd1a83b9"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "d32f5d3945c273efc46f1bbf6c9f17ea4f6fdc7f135553f7316fbd2072624f81"
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 1138 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 12.1-32-02 and sections 19-03.1-23 and 39-08-01.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a mental health court program.

Relating to a mental health court program.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0352-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0352-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0352-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1138 — **46–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1138 — **74–16** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bernie Satrom — primary (person)
- Austen Schauer — cosponsor (person)
- Cole Conley — cosponsor (person)
- Don Vigesaa — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Karls — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Committee Hearing 02:45
- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-01-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 74 nays 16 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-23** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-22** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-22** Reported back, do pass 5 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-31** Committee Hearing 11:18
- **2023-04-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 15 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Returned to House
- **2023-04-07** Signed by President
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Governor 04/11 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/12 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/273a2872-c248-4368-9750-fc9dcd1a83b9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).