---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 14-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to recognizing a parent's interest in their child's upbringing."
description: "Relating to recognizing a parent's interest in their child's upbringing."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1362"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1362 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cole Christensen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5231997c-e7d2-4e34-af8e-24ccb5c98ae5"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "62e086e12946714ac05751a9428ee5662050208050e86649aff8ffd465d0f057"
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 1362 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 14-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to recognizing a parent's interest in their child's upbringing.

Relating to recognizing a parent's interest in their child's upbringing.

## 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/23-0345-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0345-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0345-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0345-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0345-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1362 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1362 — **65–26** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Motions and Resolutions on HB 1362 — **57–34** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1362 — **43–3** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1362 — **26–64** (fail) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1362 — **50–42** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cole Christensen — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Larsen — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Boehm — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Heilman — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Michael A. Wobbema — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 04:14
- **2023-02-16** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 50 nays 42 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Received from House
- **2023-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2023-03-29** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-04-03** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-04-04** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-04-04** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-05** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-17** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-17** Conference committee appointed Kiefert Prichard Holle
- **2023-04-20** Conference committee appointed Cleary Lee Hogan
- **2023-04-25** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-25** Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 26 nays 64 `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Reconsidered
- **2023-04-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 65 nays 26 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-27** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 43 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by President
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** Signed by Governor 05/06 `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/5231997c-e7d2-4e34-af8e-24ccb5c98ae5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).