---
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 and establishment of North Dakota Constitution Day."
description: "Relating to the designation and establishment of North Dakota Constitution Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1479"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1479 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Karen Karls"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2848a62-ef91-40d3-94ea-590a4d5f94e0"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "78a350845e83a7942804d1d530ac868c0fc4a5cac00bbb4faad483fc9f208113"
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 1479 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the designation and establishment of North Dakota Constitution Day.

Relating to the designation and establishment of North Dakota Constitution Day.

## 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/25-0957-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0957-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1479 — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1479 — **45–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Karen Karls — primary (person)
- Bob Martinson — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Dever — cosponsor (person)
- Dori Hauck — cosponsor (person)
- Glenn Bosch — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Gerhardt — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Berg — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nathe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-30** Committee Hearing 08:00
- **2025-01-30** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-01-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2025-04-03** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2025-04-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Returned to House
- **2025-04-14** Signed by President
- **2025-04-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2848a62-ef91-40d3-94ea-590a4d5f94e0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).