---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 29-29.4-01, 29-29.4-02, 29-29.4-03, 29-29.4-04, 29-29.4-05, and 29-29.4-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to law enforcement use of a robot."
description: "Relating to law enforcement use of a robot."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1613"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1613 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jared Hendrix"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6688813-1168-4961-a467-73b1a758b301"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "3ca942dec4056a03abcb7ce0348e9999905aeaa0a02af25cc67e7a4c0df18d35"
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 1613 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 29-29.4-01, 29-29.4-02, 29-29.4-03, 29-29.4-04, 29-29.4-05, and 29-29.4-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to law enforcement use of a robot.

Relating to law enforcement use of a robot.

## 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/25-1307-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1307-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1307-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1307-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1613 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1613 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1613 — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jared Hendrix — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Jeffery J. Magrum — cosponsor (person)
- Jose L. Castaneda — cosponsor (person)
- Lori VanWinkle — cosponsor (person)
- Nathan Toman — cosponsor (person)
- Nels Christianson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-04** Committee Hearing 11:30
- **2025-02-04** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-02-05** Committee Hearing 03:08
- **2025-02-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-13** Received from House
- **2025-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-26** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-04-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-11** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-11** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-11** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-21** Concurred
- **2025-04-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `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/f6688813-1168-4961-a467-73b1a758b301`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).