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Bill	AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1‑19‑03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the recitation of prayer at activities for public and nonpublic schools.	AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1‑19‑03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the recitation of prayer at activities for public and nonpublic schools.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	65	HB 1275	North Dakota HB 1275 (65)	bill	EDUCATION - SEE ALSO HIGHER ED; SCHOOLS; SPEC ED; VOC ED RELIGION SCHOOL BOARDS SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHOOL DISTRICTS SCHOOLS - SEE ALSO SCHOOL BOARDS; SCHOOL DISTRICTS STUDENTS - SEE ALSO EDUCATION; SCHOOLS STUDENTS - SEE ALSO EDUCATION; SCHOOLS	enacted	D. Ruby Damschen Erbele K. Koppelman Kasper Monson Vigesaa	11	30	4	2017-01-09	2017-04-27	openstates	ocd-bill/9582023f-380c-4ef9-87d5-923289dd0f71	http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1275.html	8a4b8a437c3cc8708bbf14e1114354363f8c03236cbab76d881182f8da277184	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1275 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1‑19‑03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the recitation of prayer at activities for public and nonpublic schools.

Version chain

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

1. INTRODUCED (filed) — source
2. Adopted by the Conference Committee (committee substitute) — source
3. Adopted by the Conference Committee (Marked Up) (committee substitute) — source
4. Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee (committee substitute) — source
5. Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee (Marked Up) (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrollment (committee substitute) — source
7. FIRST ENGROSSMENT (committee substitute) — source
8. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments (committee substitute) — source
9. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
10. Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Vedaa (committee substitute) — source
11. Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Vedaa (Marked Up) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 47 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 0 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 89 YEAS, 3 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 89–3 (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 80 YEAS, 10 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 4 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 80–10 (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 43 YEAS, 1 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 43–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• D. Ruby — primary (person)
• Damschen — primary (person)
• Erbele — primary (person)
• K. Koppelman — primary (person)
• Kasper — primary (person)
• Monson — primary (person)
• Vigesaa — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee introduction
• 2017-01-12 Request return from committee
• 2017-01-12 Rereferred to Judiciary
• 2017-01-25 Committee Hearing 10:50
• 2017-02-08 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 2 0 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-02-09 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2017-02-15 Second reading, passed, yeas 80 nays 10 reading-2, passage
• 2017-02-17 Received from House
• 2017-02-17 Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee introduction
• 2017-03-22 Committee Hearing 03:30
• 2017-03-30 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-03-31 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2017-03-31 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 43 nays 1 reading-2, passage
• 2017-04-03 Returned to House (12)
• 2017-04-10 Refused to concur
• 2017-04-10 Conference committee appointed Karls K. Koppelman Simons
• 2017-04-12 Conference committee appointed Davison Schaible Kannianen
• 2017-04-18 Appoint Sen. Schaible to replace Sen. Davison on conference committee
• 2017-04-18 Appoint Sen. Oban to replace Sen. Schaible on conference committee
• 2017-04-20 Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar committee-passage
• 2017-04-20 Conference committee report adopted
• 2017-04-20 Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 3 reading-2, passage
• 2017-04-20 Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar committee-passage
• 2017-04-21 Conference committee report adopted
• 2017-04-21 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 reading-2, passage
• 2017-04-24 Signed by President
• 2017-04-24 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-04-24 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-04-25 Signed by Governor 04/24 executive-signature
• 2017-04-27 Filed with Secretary Of State 04/25 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9582023f-380c-4ef9-87d5-923289dd0f71. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).