---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of correctional facilities."
description: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of correctional facilities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1197"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1197 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kathy Frelich"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9af11b3-25a2-4eab-b04c-09585d8ae5c9"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "564f5236819bcf0cd40a3efc07c4efec19321600c21ddb5a7486c2737e36e9f7"
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 1197 (69) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of correctional facilities.

## 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/25-0627-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0627-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0627-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0627-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1197 — **82–8** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1197 — **45–1** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1197 — **70–17** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kathy Frelich — primary (person)
- Alisa Mitskog — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- David Monson — cosponsor (person)
- Janne Myrdal — cosponsor (person)
- Karen A. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Davison — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Sorvaag — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wagner — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Mathern — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-23** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-02-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 70 nays 17 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-12** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Workforce Development Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2025-03-27** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-01** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-09** Concurred
- **2025-04-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Signed by President
- **2025-04-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9af11b3-25a2-4eab-b04c-09585d8ae5c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).