republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/hb-1345.md

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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact subsections 12 and 13 of section 44‑04‑18, subsection 6 of section 44‑04‑18.1, and section 11 of section 44‑04‑19.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to open record and meeting laws; to amend and reenact subsection 11 of section 12.1‑34‑02, section 12.1‑35‑03, subsection 9 of section 44‑04‑17.1, subsections 2, 4, and 7 of section 44‑04‑18, subsection 2 of section 44‑04‑18.1, subsection 6 of section 44‑04‑18.7, section 44‑04‑18.20, subsections 5, 6, and 9 of section 44‑04‑19.1, subsections 3 and 5 of section 44‑04‑20, section 44‑04‑21.1, and subsection 4 of section 57‑40.6‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to open record and meeting laws; and to declare an emergency.	AN ACT to create and enact subsections 12 and 13 of section 44‑04‑18, subsection 6 of section 44‑04‑18.1, and section 11 of section 44‑04‑19.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to open record and meeting laws; to amend and reenact subsection 11 of section 12.1‑34‑02, section 12.1‑35‑03, subsection 9 of section 44‑04‑17.1, subsections 2, 4, and 7 of section 44‑04‑18, subsection 2 of section 44‑04‑18.1, subsection 6 of section 44‑04‑18.7, section 44‑04‑18.20, subsections 5, 6, and 9 of section 44‑04‑19.1, subsections 3 and 5 of section 44‑04‑20, section 44‑04‑21.1, and subsection 4 of section 57‑40.6‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to open record and meeting laws; and to declare an emergency.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	65	HB 1345	North Dakota HB 1345 (65)	bill	OPEN MEETINGS OPEN RECORDS STATE AGENCIES - SEE ALSO STATE GOVERNMENT STATE GOVERNMENT	enacted	Armstrong Casper Delmore Devlin K. Koppelman Nelson	8	20	3	2017-01-16	2017-04-13	openstates	ocd-bill/91de7ff0-ace1-4dcd-822f-fa5c2bea0101	http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1345.html	afe2b84ee3fb8616e9795bf44025b8b24979dcf0f8af0feede8643fecded80a1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1345 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact subsections 12 and 13 of section 44‑04‑18, subsection 6 of section 44‑04‑18.1, and section 11 of section 44‑04‑19.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to open record and meeting laws; to amend and reenact subsection 11 of section 12.1‑34‑02, section 12.1‑35‑03, subsection 9 of section 44‑04‑17.1, subsections 2, 4, and 7 of section 44‑04‑18, subsection 2 of section 44‑04‑18.1, subsection 6 of section 44‑04‑18.7, section 44‑04‑18.20, subsections 5, 6, and 9 of section 44‑04‑19.1, subsections 3 and 5 of section 44‑04‑20, section 44‑04‑21.1, and subsection 4 of section 57‑40.6‑07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to open record and meeting laws; 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. Adopted by the Senate Judiciary Committee (committee substitute) — source
5. Adopted by the Senate Judiciary Committee (Marked Up) (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrollment (committee substitute) — source
7. FIRST ENGROSSMENT (committee substitute) — source
8. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments (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, the roll was called and there were 91 YEAS, 1 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 91–1 (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 91 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 91–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Armstrong — primary (person)
• Casper — primary (person)
• Delmore — primary (person)
• Devlin — primary (person)
• K. Koppelman — primary (person)
• Nelson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-16 Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee introduction
• 2017-01-30 Committee Hearing 10:30
• 2017-01-31 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 1 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-02-06 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2017-02-13 Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 reading-2, passage
• 2017-02-17 Received from House
• 2017-02-17 Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee introduction
• 2017-03-06 Committee Hearing 09:30
• 2017-03-07 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-03-08 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2017-03-09 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 reading-2, passage
• 2017-03-09 Emergency clause carried
• 2017-03-10 Returned to House (12)
• 2017-04-04 Concurred
• 2017-04-04 Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 1, Emergency clause carried reading-2, passage
• 2017-04-05 Signed by President
• 2017-04-06 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-04-10 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/91de7ff0-ace1-4dcd-822f-fa5c2bea0101. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).