---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 1-01-34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to gender usage in the North Dakota Century Code."
description: "Relating to gender usage in the North Dakota Century Code."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1181"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1181 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["SuAnn Olson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-07"
last_action: "2025-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a5c8b450-9415-4335-96c0-3a4299a4c460"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "1280b9d62ef87b5a517b119be1810cdca5e6d1b67fd0a210dbb92586714c8176"
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 1181 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 1-01-34 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to gender usage in the North Dakota Century Code.

Relating to gender usage in the North Dakota Century Code.

## Version chain

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

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0497-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0497-04000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0497-02000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0497-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1181 — **79–11** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1181 — **41–6** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1181 — **74–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- SuAnn Olson — primary (person)
- Ben Koppelman — cosponsor (person)
- Bill Tveit — cosponsor (person)
- Desiree Morton — cosponsor (person)
- Desiree van Oosting — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Henderson — cosponsor (person)
- Jose L. Castaneda — cosponsor (person)
- Karen A. Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Nels Christianson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee `introduction`
- **2025-01-21** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-02-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 74 nays 13 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** Received from House
- **2025-02-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-24** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2025-04-09** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 41 nays 6 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-17** Concurred
- **2025-04-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 79 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by President
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-04-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor 04/23 `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-25** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a5c8b450-9415-4335-96c0-3a4299a4c460`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).