---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 23-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an opt-out procedure for required vaccines."
description: "Relating to an opt‑out procedure for required vaccines."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1454"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1454 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Donna Henderson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48646fef-564e-495a-9eff-bb99c85b9696"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "4ef5ebdcaeaf81ab9e30633454baaf3b6146cf9f12411b8543caa04c2b7335ea"
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 1454 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 23-12 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an opt-out procedure for required vaccines.

Relating to an opt‑out procedure for required vaccines.

## 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/25-0975-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0975-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0975-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0975-06000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0975-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1454 — **30–17** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1454 — **75–16** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1454 — **40–6** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1454 — **59–33** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Donna Henderson — primary (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- Dori Hauck — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Karen A. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Frelich — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-29** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-02-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 16 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Received from House
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2025-03-25** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Rereferred to Human Services
- **2025-03-27** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-01** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 40 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-15** Refused to concur
- **2025-04-15** Conference committee appointed D. Ruby Ostlie Koppelman
- **2025-04-21** Conference committee appointed Weston Roers Van Oosting
- **2025-04-22** Appoint Sen. Hogan to replace Sen. Roers on conference committee
- **2025-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 59 nays 33 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-25** Reported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-28** Conference committee report adopted
- **2025-04-28** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 30 nays 17 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by President
- **2025-05-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-05-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor 05/01 `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-11** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48646fef-564e-495a-9eff-bb99c85b9696`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).