---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 11-19.1-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to individuals authorized to act in the absence of a coroner."
description: "Relating to individuals authorized to act in the absence of a coroner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1246"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1246 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nels Christianson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12e9a46d-75be-4b75-a372-51c6fb0ea754"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ef161d78c84490b2d02771f998e637413e4881daf69f45e4fc4b41a8b26aec3d"
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 1246 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 11-19.1-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to individuals authorized to act in the absence of a coroner.

Relating to individuals authorized to act in the absence of a coroner.

## 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/25-1027-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1027-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1246 — **82–11** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1246 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nels Christianson — primary (person)
- Claire Cory — cosponsor (person)
- Jared Hendrix — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff Barta — cosponsor (person)
- Landon Bahl — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Vetter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-20** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2025-01-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-31** Laid over one legislative day
- **2025-02-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-04** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-05** Committee Hearing 01:45
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-12** Returned to House
- **2025-03-14** Signed by President
- **2025-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-24** Signed by Governor 03/21 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12e9a46d-75be-4b75-a372-51c6fb0ea754`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).