---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-06-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to transgender student accommodations and restroom use in public schools; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency."
description: "Relating to transgender student accommodations and restroom use in public schools; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1144"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1144 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bill Tveit"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79780524-b2d6-46d6-96be-a70937dcaabf"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "5bfd17133a3dc9050f42b33c2e6aa5a2a32257d6b4bfe3bdf6f7a32f9fb129b6"
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 1144 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-06-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to transgender student accommodations and restroom use in public schools; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to transgender student accommodations and restroom use in public schools; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency.

## 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/25-0440-03000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0440-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0440-04000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0440-06000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0440-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1144 — **75–14** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1144 — **40–7** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1144 — **40–7** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1144 — **73–18** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bill Tveit — primary (person)
- Carrie McLeod — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Frelich — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Weston — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Schatz — cosponsor (person)
- SuAnn Olson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-27** Committee Hearing 03:15
- **2025-02-05** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 3 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-06** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 73 nays 18 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-10** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-24** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-04-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 40 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-04-10** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-15** Refused to concur
- **2025-04-15** Conference committee appointed Rohr Frelich Fegley
- **2025-04-17** Conference committee appointed Lemm Gerhardt Boschee
- **2025-04-25** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-28** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 14, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-28** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 40 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Emergency clause carried
- **2025-04-29** Signed by President
- **2025-05-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor 05/01 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79780524-b2d6-46d6-96be-a70937dcaabf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).