---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 27-19.1-01 and 27-19.1-02, subsection 1 of section 27-19.1-03, subsection 1 of section 27-19.1-04, and sections 27-19.1-05 and 27-19.1-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Indian child welfare."
description: "Relating to Indian child welfare."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1564"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1564 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jayme Davis"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 18
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc4cb4ba-9418-4ba6-83cd-6c04a20fd05e"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "fc9b0e82166acd68207b974ec21bcd341a30da6b9ce84fbe6de54f0a3a5aa8f9"
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 1564 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 27-19.1-01 and 27-19.1-02, subsection 1 of section 27-19.1-03, subsection 1 of section 27-19.1-04, and sections 27-19.1-05 and 27-19.1-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Indian child welfare.

Relating to Indian child welfare.

## 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/25-1211-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1211-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1564 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1564 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1564 — **90–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jayme Davis — primary (person)
- Claire Cory — cosponsor (person)
- Collette Brown — cosponsor (person)
- Dawson Holle — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Kent Weston — cosponsor (person)
- Lisa Finley-DeVille — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Beltz — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-27** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-02-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-20** Received from House
- **2025-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2025-03-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-17** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-02** Concurred
- **2025-04-02** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-04** Signed by President
- **2025-04-08** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-08** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor 04/10 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/11 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc4cb4ba-9418-4ba6-83cd-6c04a20fd05e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).