---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 50-11.1-21 and section 50-11.1-23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to age requirements for an approved four-year old program; and eligibility for the best in class program."
description: "Relating to age requirements for an approved four‑year old program; and eligibility for the best in class program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1497"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1497 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roger A. Maki"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-03-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/240118b1-aea2-4de1-9058-f4bd1aafb519"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "837e3e597d98182816648d7bd3d203696ce2b234e08ea2fe13c0b2c620dbf0b8"
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 1497 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 50-11.1-21 and section 50-11.1-23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to age requirements for an approved four-year old program; and eligibility for the best in class program.

Relating to age requirements for an approved four‑year old program; and eligibility for the best in class program.

## 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/25-1192-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1192-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1192-03000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1192-04000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1192-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1497 — **79–14** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1497 — **74–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roger A. Maki — primary (person)
- Andrew Marschall — cosponsor (person)
- David Monson — cosponsor (person)
- Donald Schaible — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Jonas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-29** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2025-02-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 4 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-12** Rereferred to Education
- **2025-02-17** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-02-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 74 nays 13, Emergency clause carried `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** Received from House
- **2025-02-24** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-11** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2025-03-12** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-14** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 28 nays 19 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-14** Emergency clause failed
- **2025-03-17** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-03-19** Concurred
- **2025-03-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 79 nays 14 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Signed by President
- **2025-03-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-28** Signed by Governor 03/26 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-31** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/27 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/240118b1-aea2-4de1-9058-f4bd1aafb519`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).