---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-01-35 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to tattooing, body piercing, branding, subdermal implants, and scarification; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to tattooing, body piercing, branding, subdermal implants, and scarification; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1071"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1071 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e9295a8e-7c19-407c-b1ba-4dc5eeda159d"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "6cf7d49032b4d34d2e5aadd3381b48d9922f8796701f236627d1b9cc8b217917"
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 1071 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 23-01-35 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to tattooing, body piercing, branding, subdermal implants, and scarification; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to tattooing, body piercing, branding, subdermal implants, and scarification; 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/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8089-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-8089-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1071 — **75–15** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1071 — **39–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Human Services — primary (organization)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-08** Committee Hearing 01:00
- **2025-01-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 15 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-20** Received from House
- **2025-02-05** Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-06** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 39 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** Returned to House
- **2025-03-14** Signed by President
- **2025-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Signed by Governor 03/21 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e9295a8e-7c19-407c-b1ba-4dc5eeda159d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).