---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the establishment of the immigration law clinic at the university of North Dakota school of law; to provide for a report; and to provide an appropriation."
description: "Relating to the establishment of the immigration law clinic at the university of North Dakota school of law; to provide for a report; and to provide an appropriation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1600"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1600 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emily O'Brien"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22dbf724-e60f-4d84-b5f7-ca56e4ec9f97"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "b5a3afecc46eadae2af6a9a313790de8137ef630c7a15b750f0dd29cc68112c6"
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 1600 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the establishment of the immigration law clinic at the university of North Dakota school of law; to provide for a report; and to provide an appropriation.

Relating to the establishment of the immigration law clinic at the university of North Dakota school of law; to provide for a report; and to provide an appropriation.

## 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/25-1322-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1322-06000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1322-03000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1322-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1600 — **34–13** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1600 — **67–25** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1600 — **64–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Emily O'Brien — primary (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Sickler — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Axtman — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-03** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-05** Committee Hearing 03:24
- **2025-02-10** Reported back amended, without recommendation 11 1 2 `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-11** Amendment adopted
- **2025-02-11** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-19** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 21 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 67 nays 25 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Received from House
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-18** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2025-03-18** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-04-01** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-02** Amendment adopted
- **2025-04-02** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-04-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 34 nays 13 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-21** Concurred
- **2025-04-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 64 nays 29 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by President
- **2025-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Governor 04/28 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/28 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22dbf724-e60f-4d84-b5f7-ca56e4ec9f97`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).