republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/hb-1387.md

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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact section 31‑04‑04.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to use of audiovisual equipment for the testimony of a minor or disabled adult witness.	AN ACT to create and enact section 31‑04‑04.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to use of audiovisual equipment for the testimony of a minor or disabled adult witness.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	65	HB 1387	North Dakota HB 1387 (65)	bill	COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS COURTS - SEE ALSO THE PARTICULAR COURTS DISABLED PERSONS DISABLED PERSONS DISTRICT COURT - SEE ALSO COURTS DISTRICT COURT - SEE ALSO COURTS JUDICIAL BRANCH JUDICIAL BRANCH MINORS - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS MINORS - SEE ALSO DOMESTIC RELATIONS	enacted	Armstrong Guggisberg Heinert Kading Poolman Roers Jones	8	19	3	2017-01-16	2017-04-21	openstates	ocd-bill/59918952-cab8-4bb4-b793-7399bf5bee28	http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1387.html	e8f9224636c4b5345c613f262cb122b85869fc8b5f8a8c21a9707fa96d855b9f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1387 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact section 31‑04‑04.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to use of audiovisual equipment for the testimony of a minor or disabled adult witness.

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 88 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 6 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 88–0 (pass) · lower
• The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 85 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 9 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 85–0 (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 47 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 0 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — 47–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Armstrong — primary (person)
• Guggisberg — primary (person)
• Heinert — primary (person)
• Kading — primary (person)
• Poolman — primary (person)
• Roers Jones — 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 11:15
• 2017-02-01 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 15 0 0 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-02-02 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2017-02-03 Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 0 reading-2, passage
• 2017-02-17 Received from House
• 2017-02-17 Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee introduction
• 2017-03-15 Committee Hearing 10:00
• 2017-03-20 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-03-21 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2017-03-22 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 reading-2, passage
• 2017-03-23 Returned to House (12)
• 2017-04-07 Concurred
• 2017-04-07 Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 0 reading-2, passage
• 2017-04-10 Signed by President
• 2017-04-12 Signed by Speaker
• 2017-04-13 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-04-18 Signed by Governor 04/17 executive-signature
• 2017-04-21 Filed with Secretary Of State 04/17 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/59918952-cab8-4bb4-b793-7399bf5bee28. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).