republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/65/hb-1389.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to parental directives."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to parental directives."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1389"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1389 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION - SEE ALSO HIGHER ED; SCHOOLS; SPEC ED; VOC ED", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "STUDENTS - SEE ALSO EDUCATION; SCHOOLS", "SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["B. Koppelman", "Burckhard", "D. Ruby", "Kannianen", "Kreun", "Louser", "O. Larsen", "Olson", "Owens", "Rick C. Becker", "Rohr", "Toman"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-16"
last_action: "2017-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ba1dfb9d-9e7e-49be-81eb-22efab148f33"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1389.html"
source_hash: "bd5e3d281ce1d501bf88498dde01f534f88977a054abee4d8cce44e5b7463f3e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
---

# North Dakota HB 1389 (65) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to parental directives.

## Version chain

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

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0879-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0879-03003a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Conference Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0879-03003m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0879-06000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0879-02000.pdf)
6. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Koppelman** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0879-01002a.pdf)
7. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Koppelman (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0879-01002m.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Schaible** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0879-03001a.pdf)
9. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Schaible (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0879-03001m.pdf)
10. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0879-03000.pdf)
11. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0879-05000.pdf)
12. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0879-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 45 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **45–0** (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 45 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 77 YEAS, 12 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 5 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **77–12** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO NOT PASS, the roll was called and there were 54 YEAS, 38 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **54–38** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- B. Koppelman — primary (person)
- Burckhard — primary (person)
- D. Ruby — primary (person)
- Kannianen — primary (person)
- Kreun — primary (person)
- Louser — primary (person)
- O. Larsen — primary (person)
- Olson — primary (person)
- Owens — primary (person)
- Rick C. Becker — primary (person)
- Rohr — primary (person)
- Toman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-16** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-31** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2017-02-09** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 11 1 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2017-02-13** Rereferred to Education
- **2017-02-15** Reported back amended, do not pass, placed on calendar 8 5 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2017-02-16** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 54 nays 38 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-21** Emergency clause failed
- **2017-02-22** Received from House
- **2017-02-22** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-15** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-03-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-27** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-03-27** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-28** Returned to House (12)
- **2017-03-30** Laid over one legislative day
- **2017-03-31** Refused to concur
- **2017-03-31** Conference committee appointed Rich S. Becker Oliver Mock
- **2017-04-04** Conference committee appointed Schaible Kannianen Oban
- **2017-04-10** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-12** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 77 nays 12 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-12** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-14** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-14** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-17** Signed by President
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Governor 04/18 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/18 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ba1dfb9d-9e7e-49be-81eb-22efab148f33`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).