---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 30.1-23-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the administration of small estates."
description: "Relating to the administration of small estates."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1224"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1224 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawrence R. Klemin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/218b2b41-d86e-469b-ad8b-877212200aaa"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "35ec7f59b292fb113b6d24807534a3074824ac4fa2029c29f0a17016f3cea926"
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 1224 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 30.1-23-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the administration of small estates.

Relating to the administration of small estates.

## 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/25-0889-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0889-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1224 — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1224 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lawrence R. Klemin — primary (person)
- Bill Tveit — cosponsor (person)
- Claire Cory — cosponsor (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Sickler — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Vetter — cosponsor (person)
- SuAnn Olson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-29** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-01-29** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-03-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-14** Returned to House
- **2025-03-17** Signed by President
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/19 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/20 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/218b2b41-d86e-469b-ad8b-877212200aaa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).