---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 16.1-01-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fraudulent signatures on an initiated petition; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to fraudulent signatures on an initiated petition; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1230"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1230 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Nathe"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/59f13ae1-455b-4730-9be2-081719fd8036"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "d85931aa2958a2cf6b45eaaccaa7cef8ddc0af6133d43421b406a9402b247842"
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 1230 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 16.1-01-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to fraudulent signatures on an initiated petition; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to fraudulent signatures on an initiated petition; 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/23-0349-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0349-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0349-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0349-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1230 — **53–38** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1230 — **61–30** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1230 — **39–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mike Nathe — primary (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Jared Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Boschee — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 11:34
- **2023-02-06** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 10:10
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 03:16
- **2023-02-13** Reported back amended, do not pass, placed on calendar 7 5 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-02-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 61 nays 30 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Received from House
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 09:40
- **2023-03-24** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2023-03-31** Committee Hearing 10:07
- **2023-04-06** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-04-06** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2023-04-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 39 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-11** Concurred
- **2023-04-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 53 nays 38 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Signed by President
- **2023-04-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Governor 04/18 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/19 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/59f13ae1-455b-4730-9be2-081719fd8036`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).