---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-23.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to use of local jails or correctional facilities for inmates sentenced to the physical custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation."
description: "Relating to use of local jails or correctional facilities for inmates sentenced to the physical custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1344"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1344 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pat D. Heinert"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d753b25e-941f-4890-a0d3-edb0c9829388"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "7fa9059d8b39741a7525f30d4e9cebf48471ecb2d785001f85ea0d9c1d16a069"
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 1344 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-23.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to use of local jails or correctional facilities for inmates sentenced to the physical custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation.

Relating to use of local jails or correctional facilities for inmates sentenced to the physical custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation.

## 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/25-0867-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0867-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0867-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1344 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1344 — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pat D. Heinert — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Brandy L. Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Dwight Kiefert — cosponsor (person)
- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Sickler — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — 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 11:30
- **2025-02-06** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-07** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-11** Received from House
- **2025-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-17** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-03-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-19** Returned to House
- **2025-03-24** Signed by President
- **2025-03-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-28** Signed by Governor 03/26 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-31** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/27 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d753b25e-941f-4890-a0d3-edb0c9829388`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).