---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 29-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a uniform bail schedule initiative; and to provide for a legislative management report."
description: "Relating to a uniform bail schedule initiative; and to provide for a legislative management report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1453"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1453 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Schneider"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e91a1d36-fbbf-4a66-bd47-2de4b127beac"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "2f30a38e3461275b039369935f9918aff53922aa7bf81ff57cfcfc3281ce7bf5"
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 1453 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 29-08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a uniform bail schedule initiative; and to provide for a legislative management report.

Relating to a uniform bail schedule initiative; and to provide for a legislative management report.

## 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/23-0659-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0659-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0659-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1453 — **44–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1453 — **82–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mary Schneider — primary (person)
- Bernie Satrom — cosponsor (person)
- Karla Rose Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Landon Bahl — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Conmy — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Ryan Braunberger — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Roers Jones — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Mathern — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-02-01** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 3 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-02** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 02:31
- **2023-03-08** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 2 `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/e91a1d36-fbbf-4a66-bd47-2de4b127beac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).