---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 11-16, a new chapter to title 12, and two new sections to chapter 54-23.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prosecution-led diversion programs, deflection process, and supervision for presentence programs; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide an appropriation."
description: "Relating to prosecution-led diversion programs, deflection process, and supervision for presentence programs; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1425"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1425 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawrence R. Klemin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0101f8f2-f22d-41fd-ade4-f8565a477ba0"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e27fdcea6556e33c4a2fd04245494624495935cc0f4aac9e6d220cb15a7495bf"
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 1425 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 11-16, a new chapter to title 12, and two new sections to chapter 54-23.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prosecution-led diversion programs, deflection process, and supervision for presentence programs; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide an appropriation.

Relating to prosecution-led diversion programs, deflection process, and supervision for presentence programs; to provide for a legislative management study; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide an appropriation.

## 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/25-1149-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1149-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1149-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1149-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1425 — **38–9** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1425 — **69–23** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1425 — **65–28** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lawrence R. Klemin — primary (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Karla Rose Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Davison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 5 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Amendment adopted
- **2025-02-11** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-24** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 21 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 69 nays 23 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Received from House
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-19** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-03-27** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Amendment adopted
- **2025-03-28** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-14** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 38 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-14** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-21** Concurred
- **2025-04-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 65 nays 28 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by President
- **2025-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Signed by Governor 04/29 `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-01** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0101f8f2-f22d-41fd-ade4-f8565a477ba0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).