---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 12.1-17-03 and 12.1-32-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to reckless endangerment and habitual offenders; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to reckless endangerment and habitual offenders; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1225"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1225 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawrence R. Klemin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f13a1c0-3181-41e8-b0f6-ef32525036aa"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "306c68570f15fdba1f56ddb157f3596e6b0443b686204a4db01d516e30ce3540"
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 1225 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 12.1-17-03 and 12.1-32-09 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to reckless endangerment and habitual offenders; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to reckless endangerment and habitual offenders; 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/25-0996-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0996-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0996-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0996-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1225 — **26–20** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1225 — **72–21** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1225 — **79–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lawrence R. Klemin — primary (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Janne Myrdal — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Sickler — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Karls — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Vetter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-27** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-01-29** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 6 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** Amendment adopted
- **2025-01-30** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 19 0 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 79 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Received from House
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2025-03-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Amendment adopted
- **2025-03-14** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-08** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 9 6 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-04-09** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 26 nays 20 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-21** Concurred
- **2025-04-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 72 nays 21 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by President
- **2025-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/28 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/28 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f13a1c0-3181-41e8-b0f6-ef32525036aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).