---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-25.1-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to abandonment of infants in newborn safety devices."
description: "Relating to abandonment of infants in newborn safety devices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1205"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1205 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dawson Holle"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-10"
last_action: "2025-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4add2cf6-509a-405c-901c-eef92495fcfc"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "c533b4017edbcd4c459f85a24e3709cf99b12545fe3081fc41ea2544e901b5b6"
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 1205 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-25.1-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to abandonment of infants in newborn safety devices.

Relating to abandonment of infants in newborn safety devices.

## 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/25-0559-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0559-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0559-03000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0559-04000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0559-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1205 — **44–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1205 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1205 — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dawson Holle — primary (person)
- Austen Schauer — cosponsor (person)
- Brandy L. Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Jose L. Castaneda — cosponsor (person)
- Josh Boschee — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Weston — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Meier — cosponsor (person)
- Macy Bolinske — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- SuAnn Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Mathern — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-21** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2025-01-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29** Amendment adopted
- **2025-01-29** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-18** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 21 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-02-20** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 22 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Received from House
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-18** Reported back amended, without recommendation 6 0 0 `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-20** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-21** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-02** Concurred
- **2025-04-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Signed by President
- **2025-04-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor 04/10 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/11 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4add2cf6-509a-405c-901c-eef92495fcfc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).