republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/hb-1279.md

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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 62.1‑02‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to possession of a firearm; and to declare an emergency.	AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 62.1‑02‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to possession of a firearm; and to declare an emergency.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	65	HB 1279	North Dakota HB 1279 (65)	bill	CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES - SEE ALSO DEPT OF CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES EMERGENCY CLAUSE GOVERNOR - SEE ALSO EXECUTIVE BRANCH LAW ENFORCEMENT - SEE ALSO PEACE OFFICERS PUBLIC BUILDINGS UNIVERSITIES WEAPONS WEAPONS	enacted	B. Koppelman Brabandt D. Ruby O. Larsen Rick C. Becker	8	20	3	2017-01-09	2017-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/87e56553-ac25-4892-a8f5-84e902f054ce	http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1279.html	69655dbd82fda755c9305b759e19efe0cf4fa678f0bcf959bb389de758d6be12	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1279 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact a new subdivision to subsection 2 of section 62.1‑02‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to possession of a firearm; and to declare an emergency.

Version chain

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

1. INTRODUCED (filed) — source
2. Adopted by the Senate Judiciary Committee (committee substitute) — source
3. Adopted by the Senate Judiciary Committee (Marked Up) (committee substitute) — source
4. Enrollment (committee substitute) — source
5. FIRST ENGROSSMENT (committee substitute) — source
6. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
7. Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Porter (committee substitute) — source
8. Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Porter (Marked Up) (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 47 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 0 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• 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 92 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 92–0 (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 89 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 5 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 89–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• B. Koppelman — primary (person)
• Brabandt — primary (person)
• D. Ruby — primary (person)
• O. Larsen — primary (person)
• Rick C. Becker — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-09 Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee introduction
• 2017-01-26 Committee Hearing 03:15
• 2017-02-21 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 0 4 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-02-21 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2017-02-22 Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 0, Emergency clause carried reading-2, passage
• 2017-02-22 Received from House
• 2017-02-22 Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee introduction
• 2017-03-14 Committee Hearing 10:30
• 2017-03-23 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-03-24 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2017-03-24 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 reading-2, passage
• 2017-03-24 Emergency clause carried
• 2017-03-27 Returned to House (12)
• 2017-04-04 Concurred
• 2017-04-04 Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0, Emergency clause carried reading-2, passage
• 2017-04-05 Signed by President
• 2017-04-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-04-07 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-04-12 Signed by Governor 04/11 executive-signature
• 2017-04-13 Filed with Secretary Of State 04/12 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/87e56553-ac25-4892-a8f5-84e902f054ce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).