---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-18.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to local boards of school districts' discretion to designate educational professional development content areas; and to amend and reenact section 15.1-07-34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to youth behavioral health professional development."
description: "Relating to local boards of school districts' discretion to designate educational professional development content areas; and to amend and reenact section 15.1‑07‑34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to youth behavioral health professional development."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1386"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1386 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelby Timmons"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41129787-c108-411f-ae90-7532404df3a7"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e28db9c332af88b5cb8736d7c18274a0dfd6a464ed69b2d124c97427660f7fae"
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 1386 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-18.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to local boards of school districts' discretion to designate educational professional development content areas; and to amend and reenact section 15.1-07-34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to youth behavioral health professional development.

Relating to local boards of school districts' discretion to designate educational professional development content areas; and to amend and reenact section 15.1‑07‑34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to youth behavioral health professional development.

## 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/23-0890-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0890-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0890-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1386 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1386 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Kelby Timmons — primary (person)
- Brandy Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Cole Conley — cosponsor (person)
- Corey Mock — cosponsor (person)
- David Richter — cosponsor (person)
- Eric James Murphy — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Jonas — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Randy D. Lemm — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 10:22
- **2023-02-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Received from House
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **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 46 nays 0 `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/41129787-c108-411f-ae90-7532404df3a7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).