---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-06-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duty of final disposition."
description: "Relating to the duty of final disposition."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1363"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1363 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nico Rios"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-04-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b768c45-2fd1-48bb-84f8-138f2b1e1ace"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "f4f6795edbd60bd59fe122faa9f9feceba64b9a3cbfac81c87df0f4b98825872"
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 1363 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-06-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duty of final disposition.

Relating to the duty of final disposition.

## 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/23-0882-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0882-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1363 — **91–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1363 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nico Rios — primary (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Hamida Dakane — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Conmy — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Dyk — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Roers Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Swiontek — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Beard — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-12** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-01-25** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-26** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-27** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-24** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-24** Committee Hearing 10:33
- **2023-03-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Returned to House
- **2023-04-03** Signed by President
- **2023-04-03** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-04** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-05** Signed by Governor 04/04 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/05 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b768c45-2fd1-48bb-84f8-138f2b1e1ace`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).