---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 19-03.1-23.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to increased penalties for drug offenses within three hundred feet of a public park; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to increased penalties for drug offenses within three hundred feet of a public park; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1459"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1459 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alisa Mitskog"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34ec164c-e540-4781-aeb1-0448d10f6ebd"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "1637b16684b6bdd862004e057cc32a8eeb43ad5bb6cb6100d28b01f02ea2dd6d"
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 1459 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 19-03.1-23.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to increased penalties for drug offenses within three hundred feet of a public park; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to increased penalties for drug offenses within three hundred feet of a public park; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/23-0949-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0949-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0949-02000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0949-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1459 — **44–46** (fail) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1459 — **48–43** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1459 — **64–27** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1459 — **41–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alisa Mitskog — primary (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Schneider — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-02-08** Committee Hearing 03:27
- **2023-02-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 4 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 48 nays 43 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Received from House
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-03-08** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-09** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 41 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-03** Concurred
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 44 nays 46 `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Reconsidered
- **2023-04-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 64 nays 27 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Signed by President
- **2023-04-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-10** Signed by Governor 04/07 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/10 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34ec164c-e540-4781-aeb1-0448d10f6ebd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).