---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 1-01-49, subsection 3 of section 12.1-36.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code as created by section 1 of House Bill No. 1254, as approved by the sixty-eighth legislative assembly, subsection 2 of section 15-10.6-01 of the North Dakota Century Code as created by section 1 of House Bill No. 1489, as approved by the sixty-eighth legislative assembly, subsection 2 of section 15.1-41-01 of the North Dakota Century Code as created by section 1 of House Bill No. 1249, as approved by the sixty-eighth legislative assembly, subsection 20 of section 23-02.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code as amended in section 1 of House Bill No. 1139, as approved by the sixty-eighth legislative assembly, and subsection 7 of section 51-35-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of female, male, sex, and scrap metal dealer."
description: "Relating to the definition of female, male, sex, and scrap metal dealer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1474"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1474 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SuAnn Olson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 31
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f1b4788-fcdd-4b1f-8e86-863b45e73f51"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "bed7e29fe32483d89b07306b35bba39d9f765138c6fab9364152ab8b0181be9d"
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 1474 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 1-01-49, subsection 3 of section 12.1-36.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code as created by section 1 of House Bill No. 1254, as approved by the sixty-eighth legislative assembly, subsection 2 of section 15-10.6-01 of the North Dakota Century Code as created by section 1 of House Bill No. 1489, as approved by the sixty-eighth legislative assembly, subsection 2 of section 15.1-41-01 of the North Dakota Century Code as created by section 1 of House Bill No. 1249, as approved by the sixty-eighth legislative assembly, subsection 20 of section 23-02.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code as amended in section 1 of House Bill No. 1139, as approved by the sixty-eighth legislative assembly, and subsection 7 of section 51-35-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the definition of female, male, sex, and scrap metal dealer.

Relating to the definition of female, male, sex, and scrap metal dealer.

## 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/23-1055-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1055-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1055-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1055-04000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-1055-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1474 — **35–12** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1474 — **75–15** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1474 — **74–18** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1474 — **42–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- SuAnn Olson — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Brandon Prichard — cosponsor (person)
- Cole Christensen — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Boehm — cosponsor (person)
- Vicky Steiner — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 05:00
- **2023-02-16** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 74 nays 18 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-21** Received from House
- **2023-02-21** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 02:40
- **2023-03-29** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-31** Reported back amended, without recommendation 5 1 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 35 nays 12 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-20** Refused to concur
- **2023-04-20** Conference committee appointed Rohr Frelich Davis
- **2023-04-21** Conference committee appointed K. Roers Cleary Hogan
- **2023-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee report rejected
- **2023-04-25** Reconsidered
- **2023-04-25** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 15 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-27** Conference committee report adopted
- **2023-04-27** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 42 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by President
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-18** Signed by Governor 05/08 `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-18** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/09 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f1b4788-fcdd-4b1f-8e86-863b45e73f51`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).