---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 12.1-32-02 and subdivision h of subsection 5 of section 39-08-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to sentencing alternatives and the sentencing of a defendant to an addiction treatment program for a violation of driving under the influence; and to provide for application."
description: "Relating to sentencing alternatives and the sentencing of a defendant to an addiction treatment program for a violation of driving under the influence; and to provide for application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1313"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1313 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernie Satrom"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a30bd9b-fb4b-495e-9b10-58aa0986f561"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "7baa2a1acb0d58572238d012997e62b208110e8602d4915b416b54ff55f69bf2"
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 1313 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 12.1-32-02 and subdivision h of subsection 5 of section 39-08-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to sentencing alternatives and the sentencing of a defendant to an addiction treatment program for a violation of driving under the influence; and to provide for application.

Relating to sentencing alternatives and the sentencing of a defendant to an addiction treatment program for a violation of driving under the influence; and to provide for application.

## 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/25-0293-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0293-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1313 — **89–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1313 — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bernie Satrom — primary (person)
- Cole Conley — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Ostlie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-28** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-01-29** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-11** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** 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/2a30bd9b-fb4b-495e-9b10-58aa0986f561`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).