---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23-02.1-01, 23-02.1-13, and 23-02.1-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to required elements of birth records."
description: "Relating to required elements of birth records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1139"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1139 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bernie Satrom"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5d0285de-7cd4-4d96-a9f1-21ebf1cf2dab"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "451aa3b02f75aa672b4daef905e1483ed60b732007ade23763cd210db6865625"
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 1139 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 23-02.1-01, 23-02.1-13, and 23-02.1-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to required elements of birth records.

Relating to required elements of birth records.

## 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/23-0079-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0079-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0079-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1139 — **42–5** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1139 — **81–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bernie Satrom — primary (person)
- Austen Schauer — cosponsor (person)
- Cole Conley — cosponsor (person)
- David A. Clemens — cosponsor (person)
- David S. Rust — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Strinden — cosponsor (person)
- SuAnn Olson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-09** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-01-10** Committee Hearing 10:25
- **2023-01-11** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-12** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-01-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 81 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-16** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Committee Hearing 09:45
- **2023-03-22** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-03-31** Reported back without recommendation 6 0 0 `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 5 `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`
- **2023-04-10** Signed by Governor 04/07 `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/5d0285de-7cd4-4d96-a9f1-21ebf1cf2dab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).