---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 44-08-25 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the prohibition of sanctuary city policies and to create the sanctuary compliance fund; to provide a penalty; and to provide a continuing appropriation."
description: "Relating to the prohibition of sanctuary city policies and to create the sanctuary compliance fund; to provide a penalty; and to provide a continuing appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1303"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1303 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Kasper"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bab727f-3439-4a13-99a6-f7e0bdf77ae3"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "51265b9e574bfb2ec20a2a84173e191a257d994bc0423d7320408a91bbbb6e4e"
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 1303 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 44-08-25 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the prohibition of sanctuary city policies and to create the sanctuary compliance fund; to provide a penalty; and to provide a continuing appropriation.

Relating to the prohibition of sanctuary city policies and to create the sanctuary compliance fund; to provide a penalty; and to provide a continuing appropriation.

## 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/25-0694-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0694-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0694-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1303 — **41–5** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1303 — **82–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Kasper — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Headland — cosponsor (person)
- Jared Hendrix — cosponsor (person)
- Jose L. Castaneda — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Motschenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
- SuAnn Olson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-02-21** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 1 6 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-24** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Received from House
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-28** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-04-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 41 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Returned to House
- **2025-04-14** Signed by President
- **2025-04-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bab727f-3439-4a13-99a6-f7e0bdf77ae3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).