---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 12.1-01-04, 12.1-32-02.1, and 62.1-01-01, and subsection 1 of section 62.1-02-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal code definitions, weapons definitions, mandatory prison terms for armed offenders, and persons who are not to possess firearms; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to criminal code definitions, weapons definitions, mandatory prison terms for armed offenders, and persons who are not to possess firearms; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1350"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1350 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Koppelman"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-11"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/920bf3a5-dfbe-4de3-8377-811e61c61443"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "3e97b78180829116b4b9c4383554a2f15123f10da548bf92d853fc3e545fce20"
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 1350 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 12.1-01-04, 12.1-32-02.1, and 62.1-01-01, and subsection 1 of section 62.1-02-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal code definitions, weapons definitions, mandatory prison terms for armed offenders, and persons who are not to possess firearms; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to criminal code definitions, weapons definitions, mandatory prison terms for armed offenders, and persons who are not to possess firearms; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/23-0570-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0570-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0570-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1350 — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1350 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ben Koppelman — primary (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Cole Christensen — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Nico Rios — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Roers Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Vetter — 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`
- **2023-01-26** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2023-02-09** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2023-02-10** Committee Hearing 08:40
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 08:10
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2023-02-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 10:24
- **2023-03-27** Committee Hearing 09:47
- **2023-04-03** Committee Hearing 04:11
- **2023-04-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 2 `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/920bf3a5-dfbe-4de3-8377-811e61c61443`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).