---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 27‑20‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to juvenile hearings."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 27‑20‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to juvenile hearings."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1478"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1478 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "MINORS - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "UNIFORM JUVENILE COURT ACT", "UNIFORM LAWS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bakke", "Becker", "Boschee", "Hanson", "Hogue", "K. Koppelman", "M. Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/719a461e-8ab4-454d-8b30-6fa28afab0e9"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1478.html"
source_hash: "8f5b7f6dfb410822f189895e60ee1168a0e1097e9100e223291440ab5d9b84d4"
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 1478 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 27‑20‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to juvenile hearings.

## 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/19-1090-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1090-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bakke — primary (person)
- Becker — primary (person)
- Boschee — primary (person)
- Hanson — primary (person)
- Hogue — primary (person)
- K. Koppelman — primary (person)
- M. Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-01-30** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-06** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-18** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2019-03-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-20** Returned to House
- **2019-03-21** Signed by President
- **2019-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Governor 03/27 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-29** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/28 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/719a461e-8ab4-454d-8b30-6fa28afab0e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).