---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1-27.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting public libraries from maintaining explicit sexual material; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide for application."
description: "Relating to prohibiting public libraries from maintaining explicit sexual material; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide for application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1205"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1205 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Lefor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7aa69d9-c0f3-45fc-9dcb-bd6659a87779"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "a3f96b78f3dda0dc51a0d845667f16d33ac6adfca5dac0505ed15caa839e50f9"
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 1205 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1-27.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting public libraries from maintaining explicit sexual material; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide for application.

Relating to prohibiting public libraries from maintaining explicit sexual material; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide for application.

## 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/23-0407-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0407-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0407-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0407-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1205 — **70–22** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1205 — **65–28** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1205 — **39–7** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Lefor — primary (person)
- Vicky Steiner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-02-13** Committee Hearing 03:48
- **2023-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 65 nays 28 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-17** Received from House
- **2023-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 11:57
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 09:07
- **2023-03-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-29** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 39 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-30** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-20** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-04-21** Concurred
- **2023-04-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 70 nays 22 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-24** Signed by President
- **2023-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by Governor 04/25 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/26 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7aa69d9-c0f3-45fc-9dcb-bd6659a87779`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).