---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 23-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the creation of a suicide fatality review commission; and to provide an appropriation."
description: "Relating to the creation of a suicide fatality review commission; and to provide an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1390"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1390 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karla Rose Hanson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-16"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2137288e-3d22-4318-b435-97794dcb07e4"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "3b4a029bead82e353d34a594d019ac9067d4ad3922d58c5ba7ff967bc2674c39"
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 1390 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 23-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the creation of a suicide fatality review commission; and to provide an appropriation.

Relating to the creation of a suicide fatality review commission; and to provide an appropriation.

## 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/23-0562-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0562-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1390 — **42–4** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1390 — **73–16** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1390 — **79–12** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Karla Rose Hanson — primary (person)
- Jon O. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Beltz — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Weisz — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2023-02-13** Committee Hearing 04:25
- **2023-02-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 79 nays 12 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Received from House
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-20** Request return from committee
- **2023-02-20** Rereferred to Human Services
- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 09:58
- **2023-03-15** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-17** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 42 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-03** Concurred
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 73 nays 16 `passage, reading-2`
- **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/2137288e-3d22-4318-b435-97794dcb07e4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).