---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 39-08-01.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the partial suspension of sentence for drug court program, mental health court program, or veterans treatment docket completion."
description: "Relating to the partial suspension of sentence for drug court program, mental health court program, or veterans treatment docket completion."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1364"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1364 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawrence R. Klemin"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d675185-0b16-47a5-9169-6d43ec043b9d"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "5397533d73f76067d976a84283827e93eb6570f645c089f4e7c1a734e077388c"
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 1364 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 39-08-01.5 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the partial suspension of sentence for drug court program, mental health court program, or veterans treatment docket completion.

Relating to the partial suspension of sentence for drug court program, mental health court program, or veterans treatment docket completion.

## 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/25-0994-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0994-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0994-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1364 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1364 — **86–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lawrence R. Klemin — primary (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Janne Myrdal — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Karls — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Schneider — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Dwyer — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — 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 09:00
- **2025-01-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 3 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-01-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-26** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-04-01** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-03** Returned to House
- **2025-04-04** Signed by President
- **2025-04-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor 04/10 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/11 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d675185-0b16-47a5-9169-6d43ec043b9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).