republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/66/hb-1259.md

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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 25‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the misrepresentation of a pet as a service animal; and to provide a penalty.	AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 25‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the misrepresentation of a pet as a service animal; and to provide a penalty.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	66	HB 1259	North Dakota HB 1259 (66)	bill	ANIMALS - SEE ALSO GAME AND FISH; LIVESTOCK CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES DISABLED PERSONS HOUSING PENALTIES - SEE ALSO CRIMES	enacted	C. Johnson Grueneich Jones Paulson Satrom Schauer Wanzek	5	20	0	2019-01-03	2019-04-19	openstates	ocd-bill/5406dab4-e5fe-490a-a882-6f819e1bca43	http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1259.html	6ac07a7f83c0797a11cb140757a0a3c0613c85586ef606dfc8bb5a4a60b12b2f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1259 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 25‑13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the misrepresentation of a pet as a service animal; and to provide a penalty.

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. HOUSE BILL NO. 1259 with Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• C. Johnson — primary (person)
• Grueneich — primary (person)
• Jones — primary (person)
• Paulson — primary (person)
• Satrom — primary (person)
• Schauer — primary (person)
• Wanzek — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-03 Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee introduction
• 2019-01-16 Committee Hearing 09:20
• 2019-01-21 Committee Hearing 03:30
• 2019-02-12 Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 2 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-02-15 Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 5 reading-2, passage
• 2019-02-18 Received from House
• 2019-02-19 Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee introduction
• 2019-03-20 Committee Hearing 10:00
• 2019-03-20 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 0 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-21 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2019-03-22 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 43 nays 0 reading-2, passage
• 2019-03-25 Returned to House (12)
• 2019-04-05 Laid over one legislative day
• 2019-04-15 Concurred
• 2019-04-15 Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 4 reading-2, passage
• 2019-04-16 Signed by President
• 2019-04-16 Signed by Speaker
• 2019-04-17 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2019-04-18 Signed by Governor 04/17 executive-signature
• 2019-04-19 Filed with Secretary Of State 04/18 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5406dab4-e5fe-490a-a882-6f819e1bca43. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).