---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 16.1-05-04, section 16.1-06-03, subsection 8 of section 16.1-06-14, sections 16.1-06-15 and 16.1-06-20, subsection 1 of section 16.1-07-13.1, and sections 16.1-11.1-06, 16.1-14-04, 16.1-15-02, 16.1-15-22, 16.1-15-25, and 40-21-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electronic voting systems, electronic voting devices, absentee voting, meeting of presidential electors, and canvassing boards."
description: "Relating to electronic voting systems, electronic voting devices, absentee voting, meeting of presidential electors, and canvassing boards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1192"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1192 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Louser"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3e03b8b-0175-47c3-b78e-2530bbe73761"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "d35490aa9f5c6bfbc1a200936bcdeabf50a185b5bee9700f8136a82cd0ddbc78"
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 1192 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 16.1-05-04, section 16.1-06-03, subsection 8 of section 16.1-06-14, sections 16.1-06-15 and 16.1-06-20, subsection 1 of section 16.1-07-13.1, and sections 16.1-11.1-06, 16.1-14-04, 16.1-15-02, 16.1-15-22, 16.1-15-25, and 40-21-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to electronic voting systems, electronic voting devices, absentee voting, meeting of presidential electors, and canvassing boards.

Relating to electronic voting systems, electronic voting devices, absentee voting, meeting of presidential electors, and canvassing boards.

## 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/23-0684-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0684-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0684-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1192 — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1192 — **87–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott Louser — primary (person)
- Austen Schauer — cosponsor (person)
- Bernie Satrom — cosponsor (person)
- Claire Cory — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Karls — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Shawn Vedaa — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Vetter — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — 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`
- **2023-01-20** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2023-01-27** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-31** 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`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 11:12
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-03-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** Returned to House
- **2023-03-21** Signed by President
- **2023-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-28** Signed by Governor 03/27 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/28 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3e03b8b-0175-47c3-b78e-2530bbe73761`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).