---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15.1‑32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to reading screenings and a dyslexia screening pilot program; to provide for a report to the legislative management; and to provide for an exemption."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15.1‑32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to reading screenings and a dyslexia screening pilot program; to provide for a report to the legislative management; and to provide for an exemption."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1461"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1461 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION - SEE ALSO HIGHER ED; SCHOOLS; SPEC ED; VOC ED", "MINORS - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "SCHOOL BOARDS", "SCHOOL BOARDS", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SCHOOLS - SEE ALSO SCHOOL BOARDS; SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SCHOOLS - SEE ALSO SCHOOL BOARDS; SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "STUDENTS - SEE ALSO EDUCATION; SCHOOLS", "SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davison", "Kreun", "Mock", "Myrdal", "P. Anderson", "Schatz", "Strinden"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c7eddef4-fa05-4874-82a9-60c9fb9f09d8"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1461.html"
source_hash: "2234611280bdab8a142c146e0fd3a11d3559e97bdd9066c825664d27125fc21d"
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 1461 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact two new sections to chapter 15.1‑32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to reading screenings and a dyslexia screening pilot program; to provide for a report to the legislative management; and to provide for an exemption.

## 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/19-0557-05000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0557-05004a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Education Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0557-05004m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0557-09000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0557-06000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0557-08000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0557-07000.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Davison** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0557-06005a.pdf)
9. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Davison (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0557-06005m.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Schaible** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0557-06001a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Schaible (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0557-06001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Davison — primary (person)
- Kreun — primary (person)
- Mock — primary (person)
- Myrdal — primary (person)
- P. Anderson — primary (person)
- Schatz — primary (person)
- Strinden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2019-02-13** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-14** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 2 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-18** Received from House
- **2019-02-19** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-20** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-04-02** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-04-03** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-03** Returned to House (12)
- **2019-04-08** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-08** Conference committee appointed Schreiber-Beck Strinden Hager
- **2019-04-10** Conference committee appointed Davison Schaible Oban
- **2019-04-23** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 3 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-23** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-24** Signed by President
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor 05/01 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c7eddef4-fa05-4874-82a9-60c9fb9f09d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).