---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of career and technical education for career exploration software; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of career and technical education for career exploration software; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1232"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1232 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mike Nathe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c94a04c9-55a7-4dee-9bad-513580fbb780"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "3aa6fb42a70a19f984461807fd67941f6ab21a429b03ee24f555955c75b56919"
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 1232 (68) — AN ACT to provide an appropriation to the department of career and technical education for career exploration software; and to declare an 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/23-0746-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0746-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0746-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1232 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1232 — **92–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mike Nathe — primary (person)
- Donald Schaible — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Jonas — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Warrey — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Boschee — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Christy — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Randy A. Burckhard — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Appropriations Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-01-26** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 21 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 2, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-31** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Workforce Development Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-03-10** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 12:00
- **2023-03-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-21** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-27** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-04-04** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-04-05** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-06** Returned to House
- **2023-04-07** Signed by President
- **2023-04-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-13** Signed by Governor 04/12 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-17** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c94a04c9-55a7-4dee-9bad-513580fbb780`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).