---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 1-03-13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to changing the name of First Nations Day to Indigenous Peoples Day."
description: "Relating to changing the name of First Nations Day to Indigenous Peoples Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1545"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1545 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lisa Finley-DeVille"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ce88c729-48ff-42a4-87f2-72f60d9218ac"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "e0000c6eb61cac28841077792c0cb93899bfea383235c38c51ff0ad7980ab369"
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 1545 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 1-03-13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to changing the name of First Nations Day to Indigenous Peoples Day.

Relating to changing the name of First Nations Day to Indigenous Peoples 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/25-1299-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1299-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1545 — **88–1** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1545 — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lisa Finley-DeVille — primary (person)
- Chuck Walen — cosponsor (person)
- Collette Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dawson Holle — cosponsor (person)
- Gretchen Dobervich — cosponsor (person)
- Jayme Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Richard Marcellais — cosponsor (person)
- Tim Mathern — 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 04:15
- **2025-02-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Received from House
- **2025-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-25** Committee Hearing 02:31
- **2025-03-26** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-31** Returned to House
- **2025-04-02** Signed by President
- **2025-04-04** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-04** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-08** Signed by Governor 04/07 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-09** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/08 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ce88c729-48ff-42a4-87f2-72f60d9218ac`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).