---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the annual observance of Right-To-Life Day."
description: "Relating to the annual observance of Right‑To‑Life Day."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1173"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1173 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandon Prichard"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f9e71d4-f815-4f6f-affd-7b2f3651605d"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "c71b7331ee1f98f76e1fb55f0daf16f16f96ee9c7dcb2466126861622a50736c"
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 1173 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the annual observance of Right-To-Life Day.

Relating to the annual observance of Right‑To‑Life Day.

## Version chain

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

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0377-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0377-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0377-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1173 — **82–9** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1173 — **40–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Brandon Prichard — primary (person)
- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Dori Hauck — cosponsor (person)
- Janne Myrdal — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Karen A. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Kelby Timmons — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Dyk — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-01-17** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-18** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 9 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-20** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-03** Request return from committee
- **2023-03-03** Rereferred to State and Local Government
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 03:13
- **2023-03-30** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-31** Second reading, passed, yeas 40 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Returned to House
- **2023-04-05** Signed by President
- **2023-04-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Governor 04/06 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/10 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f9e71d4-f815-4f6f-affd-7b2f3651605d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).