---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 29-04-02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prosecution for gross sexual imposition; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to prosecution for gross sexual imposition; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1145"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1145 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Austen Schauer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b53debbe-4179-42b2-aad0-8ec116e71bf0"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e316abdda4c2183127f69c038aa73055f5001f4f8efc318cea7b5124742a1aa3"
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 1145 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 29-04-02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prosecution for gross sexual imposition; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to prosecution for gross sexual 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/23-0149-03000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0149-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0149-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1145 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1145 — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Austen Schauer — primary (person)
- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Warrey — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Boschee — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Schneider — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Weisz — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Swiontek — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-11** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-18** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 09:18
- **2023-01-25** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-30** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-20** Committee Hearing 11:05
- **2023-03-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-22** Returned to House
- **2023-03-23** Signed by President
- **2023-03-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Signed by Governor 03/29 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-04** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/30 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b53debbe-4179-42b2-aad0-8ec116e71bf0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).