---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the designation of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Day as a state holiday."
description: "Relating to the designation of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Day as a state holiday."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1403"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1403 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mary Schneider"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cda40a0e-7af4-4ad3-b5e5-40412fe5eb88"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "be9df2cbb9986c7c105dd7926f3acf7b0af87bc434655dbefa93fd0b3f72b4ff"
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 1403 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the designation of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Day as a state holiday.

Relating to the designation of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Day as a state holiday.

## 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/25-0642-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0642-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1403 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1403 — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mary Schneider — primary (person)
- Brandy L. Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Daniel Johnston — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Jayme Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Grueneich — cosponsor (person)
- Jose L. Castaneda — cosponsor (person)
- LaurieBeth Hager — cosponsor (person)
- Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Marcellais — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-23** Committee Hearing 03:45
- **2025-01-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-01-31** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-21** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-10** Returned to House
- **2025-03-12** Signed by President
- **2025-03-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Governor 03/14 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-19** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cda40a0e-7af4-4ad3-b5e5-40412fe5eb88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).