republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/hb-1060.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact two new subdivisions to subsection 2 of section 12‑60‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks requested by the department of commerce for volunteers and employees providing services through the department and by the state court administrator for guardians ad litem."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact two new subdivisions to subsection 2 of section 12‑60‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks requested by the department of commerce for volunteers and employees providing services through the department and by the state court administrator for guardians ad litem."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1060"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1060 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "ATTORNEY GENERAL", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE", "DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES", "JUDICIAL BRANCH", "SUPREME COURT - SEE ALSO COURTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mathern", "Meier"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 19
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47fe357c-9939-4366-b367-a6fbfe89fe12"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1060.html"
source_hash: "6876530079f5aa030715fb9e7439a4ea08f5dec6a83726f1a8bc4e5ab398c900"
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 1060 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact two new subdivisions to subsection 2 of section 12‑60‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks requested by the department of commerce for volunteers and employees providing services through the department and by the state court administrator for guardians ad litem.

## 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/17-0470-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0470-01002a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0470-01002m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the Senate Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0470-02001a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the Senate Judiciary Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0470-02001m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0470-04000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0470-02000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0470-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the amended 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
- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 69 YEAS, 18 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 7 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **69–18** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 42 YEAS, 4 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **42–4** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mathern — primary (person)
- Meier — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-04** Committee Hearing 09:50
- **2017-01-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-01-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received from House
- **2017-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-07** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-03-08** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-09** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-03-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 42 nays 4 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-13** Returned to House (12)
- **2017-04-07** Concurred
- **2017-04-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 69 nays 18 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-10** Signed by President
- **2017-04-12** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-13** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-13** Signed by Governor 04/13 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/47fe357c-9939-4366-b367-a6fbfe89fe12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).