---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 37-17.1-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the governor's authority regarding polling places during a declared state of disaster or emergency."
description: "Relating to the governor's authority regarding polling places during a declared state of disaster or emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1167"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1167 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steve Vetter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/adb13769-91f6-4ee4-929e-39950e927acf"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "3b5267ef07448ada7e696dab0fd6e8735031e42ac693671b31bd931ab0cc97d9"
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 1167 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 37-17.1-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the governor's authority regarding polling places during a declared state of disaster or emergency.

Relating to the governor's authority regarding polling places during a declared state of disaster or emergency.

## 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/23-0300-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0300-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0300-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1167 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1167 — **39–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steve Vetter — primary (person)
- Austen Schauer — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barta — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Michael A. Wobbema — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Motschenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Shawn Vedaa — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-01-26** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 04:10
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 08:40
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2023-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-23** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2023-03-29** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 39 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Returned to House
- **2023-04-05** Signed by President
- **2023-04-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Governor 04/06 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/10 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/adb13769-91f6-4ee4-929e-39950e927acf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).