---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 19-03.1-23 and subsection 1 of section 19-03.4-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to drug crime penalties and drug paraphernalia possession; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to drug crime penalties and drug paraphernalia possession; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1367"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1367 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawrence R. Klemin"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad2c9bca-82da-499c-922f-63bba53e88ef"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "321d314871f0ee3f3dd16c54e0c4c1f1089d73597e34abad7166afa2436945f7"
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 1367 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 19-03.1-23 and subsection 1 of section 19-03.4-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to drug crime penalties and drug paraphernalia possession; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to drug crime penalties and drug paraphernalia possession; 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/25-1001-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1001-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1367 — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1367 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lawrence R. Klemin — primary (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Sickler — 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 09:15
- **2025-01-27** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-29** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-30** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-26** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-03-26** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Returned to House
- **2025-04-02** Signed by President
- **2025-04-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-04** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-08** Signed by Governor 04/07 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-09** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/08 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad2c9bca-82da-499c-922f-63bba53e88ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).