---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 14‑15.1‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to required reports of a child placing agency."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 14‑15.1‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to required reports of a child placing agency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1038"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1038 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ADOPTION", "DISTRICT COURT - SEE ALSO COURTS", "DOMESTIC RELATIONS", "LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT", "MINORS - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Legislative Management"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa8df28c-0051-481e-90ca-4fb2d5c1b143"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1038.html"
source_hash: "5b64974f23f2b65b6f6053fab950b339895be9f2dea438874d3c5443187d7b9f"
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 1038 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 14‑15.1‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to required reports of a child placing agency.

## 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/19-0076-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0076-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Legislative Management — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-01-09** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-11** Received from House
- **2019-02-04** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-06** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2019-03-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-08** Returned to House
- **2019-03-11** Signed by President
- **2019-03-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-12** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-14** Signed by Governor 03/13 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-15** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa8df28c-0051-481e-90ca-4fb2d5c1b143`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).