republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/hb-1304.md

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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1‑31 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting the wearing of masks, hoods, and face coverings during the commission of a criminal offense; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency.	AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1‑31 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting the wearing of masks, hoods, and face coverings during the commission of a criminal offense; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	65	HB 1304	North Dakota HB 1304 (65)	bill	CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES EMERGENCY CLAUSE PENALTIES - SEE ALSO CRIMES PENALTIES - SEE ALSO CRIMES PUBLIC BUILDINGS STATE LANDS	enacted	Armstrong Carlson Casper Headland K. Koppelman Porter	8	20	3	2017-01-12	2017-03-03	openstates	ocd-bill/70617d60-5c9b-4caf-ad81-8a9138d65368	http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1304.html	fe203339cb95564d5ac3cf6d2675d7abfd19dafe6bdededd1ed406201bb116f6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1304 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1‑31 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting the wearing of masks, hoods, and face coverings during the commission of a criminal offense; to provide a penalty; 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 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
6. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source
7. Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Armstrong (committee substitute) — source
8. Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Armstrong (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 33 YEAS, 12 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 33–12 (pass) · upper
• 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 69 YEAS, 22 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 69–22 (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 76 YEAS, 16 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 76–16 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Armstrong — primary (person)
• Carlson — primary (person)
• Casper — primary (person)
• Headland — primary (person)
• K. Koppelman — primary (person)
• Porter — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-12 Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee introduction
• 2017-01-24 Committee Hearing 10:45
• 2017-02-02 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 5 1 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-02-03 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2017-02-06 Second reading, passed, yeas 69 nays 22, Emergency clause carried reading-2, passage
• 2017-02-06 Received from House
• 2017-02-07 Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee introduction
• 2017-02-13 Committee Hearing 09:00
• 2017-02-15 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-02-16 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2017-02-16 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 33 nays 12 reading-2, passage
• 2017-02-16 Emergency clause carried
• 2017-02-17 Returned to House (12)
• 2017-02-21 Concurred
• 2017-02-21 Second reading, passed, yeas 76 nays 16, Emergency clause carried reading-2, passage
• 2017-02-21 Signed by President
• 2017-02-21 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-02-21 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-03-02 Signed by Governor 02/23 executive-signature
• 2017-03-03 Filed with Secretary Of State 02/23 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/70617d60-5c9b-4caf-ad81-8a9138d65368. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).