---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1-22-03 and subsection 1 of section 12.1-22-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal trespass; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to criminal trespass; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1305"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1305 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Kasper"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9aa269f-76f8-4128-9cff-5ee1a251be75"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "3778d04bdaac185e227a88932e2cbec77c5b36a4e68b70c7ec2b9498912b7cd2"
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 1305 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 12.1-22-03 and subsection 1 of section 12.1-22-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal trespass; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to criminal trespass; 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/25-0136-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0136-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0136-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0136-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1305 — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1305 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1305 — **85–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Kasper — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Claire Cory — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Headland — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Motschenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — 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 10:30
- **2025-02-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-12** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-14** Received from House
- **2025-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-18** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-26** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-27** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-07** Concurred
- **2025-04-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Signed by President
- **2025-04-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** Signed by Governor 04/15 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/17 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9aa269f-76f8-4128-9cff-5ee1a251be75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).