---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 16.1-01-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to sufficiency of petitions as determined by the secretary of state."
description: "Relating to sufficiency of petitions as determined by the secretary of state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1324"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1324 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Kasper"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57020780-87aa-40e8-94d5-829ea11c5820"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ea61858b839c32c719ab52f389285e65f2b4cbafa5140fd828d6722ded7cfda4"
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 1324 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 16.1-01-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to sufficiency of petitions as determined by the secretary of state.

Relating to sufficiency of petitions as determined by the secretary of state.

## 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/23-0737-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0737-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0737-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0737-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0737-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1324 — **43–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1324 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1324 — **92–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1324 — **87–3** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Kasper — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Don Vigesaa — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
- Shawn Vedaa — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Vetter — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-27** Committee Hearing 09:25
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-02-03** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-09** Received from House
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-17** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-24** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2023-03-27** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-30** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 43 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-03** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-03** Conference committee appointed Vetter Hoverson McLeod
- **2023-04-05** Conference committee appointed Lee Barta Estenson
- **2023-04-07** Appoint Sen. Cleary to replace Sen. Estenson on conference committee
- **2023-04-10** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-12** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-17** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Signed by President
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-19** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/20 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/21 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57020780-87aa-40e8-94d5-829ea11c5820`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).