---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the re-establishment of parental rights and responsibilities."
description: "Relating to the re‑establishment of parental rights and responsibilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1034"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1034 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eff5374c-dcf1-4007-ae12-ff17f4293929"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "33eb49534330515d340028d5d796fc29c1a8fd2431fd41ffb4c02267873d2516"
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 1034 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 27 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the re-establishment of parental rights and responsibilities.

Relating to the re‑establishment of parental rights and responsibilities.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0273-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0273-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1034 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1034 — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-01-23** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-27** Received from House
- **2025-02-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-18** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Returned to House
- **2025-03-12** Signed by President
- **2025-03-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Governor 03/17 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/18 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eff5374c-dcf1-4007-ae12-ff17f4293929`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).