---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 11-09.1-04, 11-09.1-05, 40-05.1-05, 40-05.1-06, and 40-49-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to election laws in home rule counties and cities and nominating petition signature thresholds in park districts."
description: "Relating to election laws in home rule counties and cities and nominating petition signature thresholds in park districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1307"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1307 (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: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cbff45a7-dbcf-4ed4-aca2-13e7f661039e"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "638b8977daf46ebf3f0f17daa0f5407a058a200bfa882439964ef58cf35082b2"
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 1307 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 11-09.1-04, 11-09.1-05, 40-05.1-05, 40-05.1-06, and 40-49-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to election laws in home rule counties and cities and nominating petition signature thresholds in park districts.

Relating to election laws in home rule counties and cities and nominating petition signature thresholds in park districts.

## 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/25-0079-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0079-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0079-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0079-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1307 — **45–2** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1307 — **80–12** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1307 — **79–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Kasper — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Headland — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Janne Myrdal — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Kempenich — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Motschenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — 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 10:00
- **2025-02-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 2 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 79 nays 13 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Received from House
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-21** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-04-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-14** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 2 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-21** Concurred
- **2025-04-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 80 nays 12 `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/cbff45a7-dbcf-4ed4-aca2-13e7f661039e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).