---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subdivision q of subsection 2 of section 57‑38‑30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an income tax deduction for a birth resulting in stillbirth; and to provide for retroactive application."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subdivision q of subsection 2 of section 57‑38‑30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an income tax deduction for a birth resulting in stillbirth; and to provide for retroactive application."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1276"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1276 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH", "DEATH", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "INCOME TAX - SEE ALSO TAXATION", "INCOME TAX - SEE ALSO TAXATION", "MINORS - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "MINORS - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "TAXATION", "TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Devlin", "Hatlestad", "Heckaman", "Hogan", "K. Koppelman", "Kannianen", "Karls", "Louser", "Pollert", "Satrom", "Schauer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5cec844c-8aa4-43b2-83c4-5e1897d761b7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1276.html"
source_hash: "0243e2e72cb8e22dfc53cf187d506eea51384309d45b9f6f94026a8eade64926"
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 1276 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subdivision q of subsection 2 of section 57‑38‑30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an income tax deduction for a birth resulting in stillbirth; and to provide for retroactive application.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0919-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Finance and Taxation Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0919-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Finance and Taxation Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0919-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0919-03000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0919-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Devlin — primary (person)
- Hatlestad — primary (person)
- Heckaman — primary (person)
- Hogan — primary (person)
- K. Koppelman — primary (person)
- Kannianen — primary (person)
- Karls — primary (person)
- Louser — primary (person)
- Pollert — primary (person)
- Satrom — primary (person)
- Schauer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-22** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2019-01-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-25** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-01-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-29** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-27** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-02-27** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-04** Returned to House
- **2019-03-05** Signed by President
- **2019-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-11** Signed by Governor 03/08 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/08 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5cec844c-8aa4-43b2-83c4-5e1897d761b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).