---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to term beginning dates for elected state government officials."
description: "Relating to term beginning dates for elected state government officials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1235"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1235 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jason Dockter"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ceabf874-2806-4807-b2ba-6652231ad600"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "0515dfef65685a14dc417ed4884ac6ea5c6930b5c11a78651220c2c1def25523"
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 1235 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to term beginning dates for elected state government officials.

Relating to term beginning dates for elected state government officials.

## 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/23-0717-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0717-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0717-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1235 — **41–5** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1235 — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jason Dockter — primary (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-26** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-26** Committee Hearing 03:45
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 11:40
- **2023-02-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-08** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-02-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Received from House
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 08:50
- **2023-03-24** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-27** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 41 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Returned to House
- **2023-04-03** Signed by President
- **2023-04-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-04** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Governor 04/06 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/10 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ceabf874-2806-4807-b2ba-6652231ad600`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).