---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact chapter 15-10.6 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to requiring institutions of higher education designating athletic teams and sports for male, female, or coed participation."
description: "Relating to requiring institutions of higher education designating athletic teams and sports for male, female, or coed participation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1489"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1489 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Koppelman"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 27
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea33ebf4-e732-4b6a-8a8c-1121e3e9e536"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "b4b8150b90c9d3e350c87007a172f6f7e908c25b5e2b812d4bbfd9053a299de9"
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 1489 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact chapter 15-10.6 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to requiring institutions of higher education designating athletic teams and sports for male, female, or coed participation.

Relating to requiring institutions of higher education designating athletic teams and sports for male, female, or coed participation.

## 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/23-0967-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0967-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0967-02000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0967-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1489 — **40–7** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1489 — **75–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ben Koppelman — primary (person)
- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Janne Myrdal — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Estenson — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Lori VanWinkle — cosponsor (person)
- Michael A. Wobbema — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
- SuAnn Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-19** Request return from committee
- **2023-01-19** Rereferred to Human Services
- **2023-01-24** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2023-01-31** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 10:23
- **2023-02-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 3 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-14** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-02-15** Division of bill
- **2023-02-15** Division A passed `passage`
- **2023-02-15** Division B lost
- **2023-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 18 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-16** Received from House
- **2023-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Request return from committee
- **2023-03-03** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2023-03-27** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-03-31** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Returned to House
- **2023-04-05** Signed by President
- **2023-04-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-06** 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/ea33ebf4-e732-4b6a-8a8c-1121e3e9e536`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).