---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 54‑12‑33 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to law enforcement training on missing and murdered indigenous people."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 54‑12‑33 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to law enforcement training on missing and murdered indigenous people."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1311"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1311 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "INDIANS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT - SEE ALSO PEACE OFFICERS", "PEACE OFFICERS STANDARDS AND TRAINING BOARD"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beadle", "Buffalo", "Clemens", "Dobervich", "Fegley", "Hager", "Heckaman", "Hogan", "Jones", "Kannianen", "M. Nelson", "Satrom"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-04-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f15a7b2d-d570-4611-bcbe-7b52a5e93809"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1311.html"
source_hash: "28d2fdf0cf8f2aa374bb5e70b350a9767c266eeb38e332036f553e5d43d8822a"
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 1311 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 54‑12‑33 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to law enforcement training on missing and murdered indigenous people.

## 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/19-0753-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0753-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Beadle — primary (person)
- Buffalo — primary (person)
- Clemens — primary (person)
- Dobervich — primary (person)
- Fegley — primary (person)
- Hager — primary (person)
- Heckaman — primary (person)
- Hogan — primary (person)
- Jones — primary (person)
- Kannianen — primary (person)
- M. Nelson — primary (person)
- Satrom — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-15** Committee Hearing 10:15
- **2019-01-30** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 2 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-06** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-03-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-25** Returned to House
- **2019-03-27** Signed by President
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Governor 03/28 `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-02** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/29 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f15a7b2d-d570-4611-bcbe-7b52a5e93809`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).