---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 23-02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to correction or amendment of birth records."
description: "Relating to correction or amendment of birth records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1297"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1297 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Kasper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9c339bd8-e1f0-4874-9198-349ea007f718"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "392179f6f890742e20703fad32ce6da31d8debdd118d17137099eddd75172656"
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 1297 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 23-02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to correction or amendment of birth records.

Relating to correction or amendment of birth records.

## 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/23-0408-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0408-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0408-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0408-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0408-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1297 — **81–11** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1297 — **41–6** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1297 — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1297 — **79–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Kasper — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Brandon Prichard — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Janne Myrdal — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Boehm — cosponsor (person)
- Lori VanWinkle — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2023-02-16** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Received from House
- **2023-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-20** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 03:45
- **2023-03-31** Reported back amended, without recommendation 6 0 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 41 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-20** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-20** Conference committee appointed Fegley Kiefert Beltz
- **2023-04-21** Conference committee appointed Lee Cleary Hogan
- **2023-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 79 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-26** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 43 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Signed by President
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** Signed by Governor 05/08 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9c339bd8-e1f0-4874-9198-349ea007f718`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).