---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to school safety and security measures; and to provide for a report."
description: "Relating to school safety and security measures; and to provide for a report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1337"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1337 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Koppelman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d78a651-91ee-41c7-8e79-9ff629ca4a19"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "60de7f9071b92706afcc3716e0044a616911e239c5531b25b6d5febdca279c3a"
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 1337 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to school safety and security measures; and to provide for a report.

Relating to school safety and security measures; and to provide for a report.

## 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/23-0095-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0095-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0095-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1337 — **75–16** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1337 — **41–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ben Koppelman — primary (person)
- Andrew Marschall — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Donald W. Longmuir — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Heilman — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Dyk — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-13** Request return from committee
- **2023-01-13** Rereferred to Education
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 03:21
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 6 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-02-13** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-02-14** Division of amendment
- **2023-02-14** Division A adopted
- **2023-02-14** Division B adopted
- **2023-02-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 16 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Received from House
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 41 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Returned to House
- **2023-03-13** Signed by President
- **2023-03-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-17** Signed by Governor 03/15 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d78a651-91ee-41c7-8e79-9ff629ca4a19`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).