---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 1 of section 27-20.2-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the director of juvenile court; and to amend and reenact sections 27-20.2-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the Juvenile Court Act definitions."
description: "Relating to the powers of the director of juvenile court; and to amend and reenact sections 27‑20.2‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the Juvenile Court Act definitions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1263"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1263 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawrence R. Klemin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a83cf8a0-b695-4f17-adfb-3feac46c9d5f"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "255f09790b9ec385ef81f7bd43eed67071c88ce0b218b513ddf691854cebe570"
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 1263 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 1 of section 27-20.2-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the powers of the director of juvenile court; and to amend and reenact sections 27-20.2-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the Juvenile Court Act definitions.

Relating to the powers of the director of juvenile court; and to amend and reenact sections 27‑20.2‑01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the Juvenile Court Act definitions.

## 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/23-0670-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0670-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1263 — **82–11** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1263 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lawrence R. Klemin — primary (person)
- Claire Cory — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Elkin — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Karls — cosponsor (person)
- Karla Rose Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Braunberger — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Roers Jones — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-01-30** Committee Hearing 03:45
- **2023-01-31** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-02** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-04-03** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-04-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Returned to House
- **2023-04-07** Signed by President
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Governor 04/11 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/12 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a83cf8a0-b695-4f17-adfb-3feac46c9d5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).