---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact chapter 12.1-36.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the prohibition of certain practices against a minor; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to the prohibition of certain practices against a minor; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1254"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1254 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Tveit"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6855b460-66e4-4d0b-ab84-25a167fa021a"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "8e8dfe06813382cb714ed2e3a194fe8ddaf7e3f6632b8186070706e9efe63a8a"
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 1254 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact chapter 12.1-36.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the prohibition of certain practices against a minor; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to the prohibition of certain practices against a minor; to provide a penalty; 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/23-0869-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0869-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0869-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments - NOT ADOPTED** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0869-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1254 — **37–10** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1254 — **66–25** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Consideration of Amendments on HB 1254 — **11–36** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bill Tveit — primary (person)
- Brandon Prichard — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Janne Myrdal — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Estenson — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Boehm — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Bellew — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Lori VanWinkle — cosponsor (person)
- Shawn Vedaa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2023-02-16** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 66 nays 25, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Received from House
- **2023-02-21** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2023-03-29** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-04-03** Reported back amended, without recommendation 6 0 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03** Amendment failed, placed on calendar `amendment-failure`
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 37 nays 10, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Returned to House
- **2023-04-05** Signed by President
- **2023-04-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Signed by Governor 04/19 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/21 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6855b460-66e4-4d0b-ab84-25a167fa021a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).