---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-08-01.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to suspension of the electronic alcohol monitoring and sobriety breath testing requirement during drug court program participation; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to suspension of the electronic alcohol monitoring and sobriety breath testing requirement during drug court program participation; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1277"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1277 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernie Satrom"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f8003023-f4a3-4bbf-86a7-dcfd91bf07a4"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "0c21897044d69f09e5286fed62e732e953cce7b34e5ebfb9a00de7b1de89e372"
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 1277 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 39-08-01.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to suspension of the electronic alcohol monitoring and sobriety breath testing requirement during drug court program participation; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to suspension of the electronic alcohol monitoring and sobriety breath testing requirement during drug court program participation; 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/23-0112-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0112-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1277 — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1277 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1277 — **44–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bernie Satrom — primary (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Karls — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Schneider — 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`
- **2023-01-23** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-01-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-26** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-29** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-31** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Emergency clause carried
- **2023-04-03** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-06** Concurred
- **2023-04-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **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/f8003023-f4a3-4bbf-86a7-dcfd91bf07a4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).