---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 29-26-22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to waiver of fines, fees, and costs upon successful completion of an approved adult drug court program; to provide for retroactive application; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to waiver of fines, fees, and costs upon successful completion of an approved adult drug court program; to provide for retroactive application; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1289"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1289 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shannon Roers Jones"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/301f2979-ed65-4a1e-975f-c56821514d90"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "024b5d0aa78dfb9f2aa62c8bb9f64202c1c15ebde56eec6e1c4b1d97b8d82a37"
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 1289 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subsection to section 29-26-22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to waiver of fines, fees, and costs upon successful completion of an approved adult drug court program; to provide for retroactive application; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to waiver of fines, fees, and costs upon successful completion of an approved adult drug court program; to provide for retroactive application; 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/23-0785-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0785-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1289 — **89–5** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1289 — **46–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Shannon Roers Jones — primary (person)
- Bernie Satrom — cosponsor (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Landon Bahl — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Schneider — cosponsor (person)
- Nico Rios — cosponsor (person)
- Zachary Ista — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-01-24** Reported back, do pass 13 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-24** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2023-02-02** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 19 1 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 5, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-08** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-22** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-22** Reported back, do pass 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-22** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-31** Committee Hearing 09:26
- **2023-04-03** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 16 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1, Emergency clause carried `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/301f2979-ed65-4a1e-975f-c56821514d90`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).