---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1-17-13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a mandated intervention program for domestic violence offenders; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to a mandated intervention program for domestic violence offenders; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1269"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1269 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zachary Ista"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5738a6b8-37fa-4128-a219-74908fa89355"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ca6ecfa3842695454295ae65ad6e741eeee05b5500f9643ede7eddabb506ca9a"
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 1269 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1-17-13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a mandated intervention program for domestic violence offenders; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to a mandated intervention program for domestic violence offenders; 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/23-0396-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0396-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1269 — **88–4** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1269 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1269 — **86–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Zachary Ista — primary (person)
- Claire Cory — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Sickler — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Karla Rose Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Schneider — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Braunberger — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 09:18
- **2023-02-01** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 10 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-04-03** Committee Hearing 09:13
- **2023-04-04** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-05** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-11** Concurred
- **2023-04-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 4 `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/5738a6b8-37fa-4128-a219-74908fa89355`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).