---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the pledge of allegiance."
description: "Relating to the pledge of allegiance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1172"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1172 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vicky Steiner"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed21ec65-b484-4f52-a97f-b4a21e8c1d09"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "8d4b9b03dc92a251c65b4f5def85219f51496156bcea7c857819069e421fed9e"
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 1172 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the pledge of allegiance.

Relating to the pledge of allegiance.

## 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/23-0678-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0678-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0678-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1172 — **27–20** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1172 — **87–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vicky Steiner — primary (person)
- Bill Tveit — cosponsor (person)
- Claire Cory — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Donald W. Longmuir — cosponsor (person)
- Dori Hauck — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Fisher — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff A. Hoverson — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Shawn Vedaa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-01-20** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2023-01-26** Committee Hearing 11:25
- **2023-01-27** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-30** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-01** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 03:07
- **2023-04-03** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 3 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 27 nays 20 `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/ed21ec65-b484-4f52-a97f-b4a21e8c1d09`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).