---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 57‑38‑30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an individual income tax deduction for a birth resulting in stillbirth; and to provide an effective date."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 57‑38‑30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an individual income tax deduction for a birth resulting in stillbirth; and to provide an effective date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1239"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1239 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["DEATH", "INCOME TAX - SEE ALSO TAXATION", "TAXATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Koppelman", "Brabandt", "D. Larson", "Erbele", "K. Koppelman", "Karls", "Kasper", "M. Nelson", "McWilliams", "Olson", "Skroch", "Sukut"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9317e42a-1d92-4d6a-9331-6e8005c20e0c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1239.html"
source_hash: "d731898f247aa266133f589aedba9f9732227ab13d8474dcfc1d7d51cdea7253"
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 1239 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 57‑38‑30.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an individual income tax deduction for a birth resulting in stillbirth; and to provide an effective date.

## 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/65-2017/documents/17-0008-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0008-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 47 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 0 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 90 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 4 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Koppelman — primary (person)
- Brabandt — primary (person)
- D. Larson — primary (person)
- Erbele — primary (person)
- K. Koppelman — primary (person)
- Karls — primary (person)
- Kasper — primary (person)
- M. Nelson — primary (person)
- McWilliams — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Skroch — primary (person)
- Sukut — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-16** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2017-01-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-20** Received from House
- **2017-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-06** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2017-03-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-09** Returned to House
- **2017-03-10** Signed by President
- **2017-03-13** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-14** Signed by Governor 03/13 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-16** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9317e42a-1d92-4d6a-9331-6e8005c20e0c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).