republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/67/hb-1397.md

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Bill	AN ACT to establish a legislative management redistricting committee, to provide for the implementation of a legislative redistricting plan, to exempt drafts of redistricting plans from open records requirements, to provide for public access to plans that are distributed or reported, and to provide for a special legislative session; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency.	AN ACT to establish a legislative management redistricting committee, to provide for the implementation of a legislative redistricting plan, to exempt drafts of redistricting plans from open records requirements, to provide for public access to plans that are distributed or reported, and to provide for a special legislative session; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	67	HB 1397	North Dakota HB 1397 (67)	bill		enacted		4	20	0	2021-01-18	2021-04-23	openstates	ocd-bill/d38b466c-a03b-4c68-b32e-720b0958ef0c	http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1397.html	c597c5ea04b4bc1fa10fbc01d5b14cdebef2a7239d1247460787bdc1a8ec1f03	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1397 (67) — AN ACT to establish a legislative management redistricting committee, to provide for the implementation of a legislative redistricting plan, to exempt drafts of redistricting plans from open records requirements, to provide for public access to plans that are distributed or reported, and to provide for a special legislative session; to provide an expiration date; 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. Enrollment (committee substitute) — source
3. FIRST ENGROSSMENT (committee substitute) — source
4. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source

Sponsors

• Klein — cosponsor (person)
• Louser — cosponsor (person)
• Pollert — cosponsor (person)
• Wardner — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-18 Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Political Subdivisions Committee introduction
• 2021-02-11 Committee Hearing 08:30
• 2021-02-19 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-02-22 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2021-02-23 Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 8, Emergency clause carried passage, reading-2
• 2021-03-03 Received from House
• 2021-03-03 Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Political Subdivisions Committee introduction
• 2021-03-26 Committee Hearing 08:30
• 2021-04-01 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-05 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2021-04-05 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 passage, reading-2
• 2021-04-05 Emergency clause carried
• 2021-04-06 Returned to House (12)
• 2021-04-15 Concurred
• 2021-04-15 Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 3, Emergency clause carried passage, reading-2
• 2021-04-19 Signed by President
• 2021-04-20 Signed by Speaker
• 2021-04-20 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2021-04-22 Signed by Governor 04/21 executive-signature
• 2021-04-23 Filed with Secretary Of State 04/22 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d38b466c-a03b-4c68-b32e-720b0958ef0c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).