republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/hb-1228.md

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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact sections 59‑04.2‑03.1 and 59‑09‑04.1, chapter 59‑10.1, section 59‑14‑05, and chapters 59‑16.1, 59‑16.2, and 59‑16.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to actions to contest the validity of a trust, trust decanting, and directed trustees; to amend and reenact sections 47‑02‑27.4, 59‑04.2‑03, and 59‑16‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exclusions from the rule against perpetuities and a trustee's duty to inform; to repeal sections 59‑14‑01, 59‑14‑04, and 59‑16‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the capacity of a settlor of a revocable trust, actions contesting the validity of a trust, and powers to direct a trustee; and to provide for retroactive application.	AN ACT to create and enact sections 59‑04.2‑03.1 and 59‑09‑04.1, chapter 59‑10.1, section 59‑14‑05, and chapters 59‑16.1, 59‑16.2, and 59‑16.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to actions to contest the validity of a trust, trust decanting, and directed trustees; to amend and reenact sections 47‑02‑27.4, 59‑04.2‑03, and 59‑16‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exclusions from the rule against perpetuities and a trustee's duty to inform; to repeal sections 59‑14‑01, 59‑14‑04, and 59‑16‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the capacity of a settlor of a revocable trust, actions contesting the validity of a trust, and powers to direct a trustee; and to provide for retroactive application.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	65	HB 1228	North Dakota HB 1228 (65)	bill	COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS TRUSTS - SEE ALSO UNIFORM PROBATE CODE UNIFORM PROBATE CODE	enacted	Armstrong K. Koppelman	5	17	2	2017-01-09	2017-03-23	openstates	ocd-bill/26a3062a-2bc7-4479-83f5-a533ba130a07	http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1228.html	70781a5bc4f600342e538f31591a6d73f05ca4a0622733eeb6cb651215918dc8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1228 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact sections 59‑04.2‑03.1 and 59‑09‑04.1, chapter 59‑10.1, section 59‑14‑05, and chapters 59‑16.1, 59‑16.2, and 59‑16.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to actions to contest the validity of a trust, trust decanting, and directed trustees; to amend and reenact sections 47‑02‑27.4, 59‑04.2‑03, and 59‑16‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exclusions from the rule against perpetuities and a trustee's duty to inform; to repeal sections 59‑14‑01, 59‑14‑04, and 59‑16‑08 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the capacity of a settlor of a revocable trust, actions contesting the validity of a trust, and powers to direct a trustee; and to provide for retroactive application.

Version chain

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

1. INTRODUCED (filed) — source
2. Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee (committee substitute) — source
3. Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee (Marked Up) (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrollment (committee substitute) — source
5. FIRST ENGROSSMENT (committee substitute) — source

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 80 YEAS, 12 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 80–12 (pass) · lower
• 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 44 YEAS, 2 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 44–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Armstrong — primary (person)
• K. Koppelman — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee introduction
• 2017-01-18 Committee Hearing 10:25
• 2017-01-23 Committee Hearing 09:00
• 2017-02-15 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 2 0 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-02-16 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2017-02-21 Second reading, passed, yeas 80 nays 12 reading-2, passage
• 2017-02-22 Received from House
• 2017-02-22 Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee introduction
• 2017-03-07 Committee Hearing 11:00
• 2017-03-09 Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-03-10 Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 2 reading-2, passage
• 2017-03-13 Returned to House
• 2017-03-14 Signed by President
• 2017-03-15 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-03-17 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-03-22 Signed by Governor 03/21 executive-signature
• 2017-03-23 Filed with Secretary Of State 03/22 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26a3062a-2bc7-4479-83f5-a533ba130a07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).