---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1-20 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to sexual reproductive imposition; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to sexual reproductive imposition; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1140"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1140 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernie Satrom"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a153d5c2-c414-4b4b-82b0-d7598173a4c4"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "94c097aec54c8e3f42c025cebc124a9ac871e628b1b49bb82e82bdfe215747e4"
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 1140 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1-20 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to sexual reproductive imposition; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to sexual reproductive imposition; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/23-0168-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0168-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1140 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1140 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bernie Satrom — primary (person)
- Austen Schauer — cosponsor (person)
- Cole Conley — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Strinden — cosponsor (person)
- SuAnn Olson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 03:24
- **2023-02-01** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-03** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2023-03-22** Committee Hearing 05:00
- **2023-03-23** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-29** Returned to House
- **2023-03-30** Signed by President
- **2023-03-31** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-31** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-05** Signed by Governor 04/04 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/05 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a153d5c2-c414-4b4b-82b0-d7598173a4c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).