---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 12.1-17-07 and 12.1-17-07.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to harassment and stalking with a robot; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to harassment and stalking with a robot; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1429"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1429 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dawson Holle"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64b06b01-66ad-4346-9c54-0def3a0d00ca"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "dad9c2f847f36aa08614f3a828c172165ab1c5bc9efaa4b8b9eaf97cc795a37d"
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 1429 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 12.1-17-07 and 12.1-17-07.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to harassment and stalking with a robot; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to harassment and stalking with a robot; 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/25-0908-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0908-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0908-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0908-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1429 — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1429 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1429 — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dawson Holle — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Tveit — cosponsor (person)
- Craig Headland — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Henderson — cosponsor (person)
- Gretchen Dobervich — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery J. Magrum — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Brandenburg — cosponsor (person)
- Randy D. Lemm — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-24** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2025-02-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Received from House
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-20** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2025-04-01** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-04** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-15** Concurred
- **2025-04-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-17** Signed by President
- **2025-04-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-23** Signed by Governor 04/21 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64b06b01-66ad-4346-9c54-0def3a0d00ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).