---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 53-06.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to securing approval for a gaming site authorization."
description: "Relating to securing approval for a gaming site authorization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1615"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1615 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Grueneich"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d36d438-bf5b-4e5c-b2e9-1ec16bb4fbcc"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "1dfdf8e8f4eabd26211a7fe30a334f9d9194ec153ffe8c3639929e3562dff8f3"
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 1615 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 53-06.1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to securing approval for a gaming site authorization.

Relating to securing approval for a gaming site authorization.

## 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/25-1214-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1214-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1615 — **79–10** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1615 — **44–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1615 — **52–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jim Grueneich — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Jared C. Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Vetter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-29** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2025-01-29** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 8 4 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2025-01-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 52 nays 37 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-03** Received from House
- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-05** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2025-03-19** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-03-21** Laid over one legislative day
- **2025-03-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 44 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-07** Concurred
- **2025-04-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 79 nays 10 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Signed by President
- **2025-04-14** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-18** Signed by Governor 04/15 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/17 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d36d438-bf5b-4e5c-b2e9-1ec16bb4fbcc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).