---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 10 of section 53-06.1-15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the authority of the attorney general to impose fines for gaming violations."
description: "Relating to the authority of the attorney general to impose fines for gaming violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1253"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1253 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Grueneich"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-03-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48064e07-b5eb-4d41-a9fb-3dedacf27b65"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ab88f21a3dbbef2b12ee1da10d1ccec6e2edfa359518f7fe2e583315b0de82c3"
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 1253 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 10 of section 53-06.1-15.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the authority of the attorney general to impose fines for gaming violations.

Relating to the authority of the attorney general to impose fines for gaming violations.

## 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/25-0786-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0786-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1253 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1253 — **89–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Grueneich — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Cole Conley — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Wagner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-22** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-01-23** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-27** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-05** Committee Hearing 01:00
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-11** Returned to House
- **2025-03-12** Signed by President
- **2025-03-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Governor 03/17 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/18 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48064e07-b5eb-4d41-a9fb-3dedacf27b65`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).