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type: "Bill"
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title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1-27.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting public libraries from maintaining explicit sexual material; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide for application."
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description: "Relating to prohibiting public libraries from maintaining explicit sexual material; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide for application."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
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legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
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session: "68"
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identifier: "HB 1205"
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citation: "North Dakota HB 1205 (68)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Mike Lefor"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2023-01-09"
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last_action: "2023-04-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7aa69d9-c0f3-45fc-9dcb-bd6659a87779"
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source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
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source_hash: "a3f96b78f3dda0dc51a0d845667f16d33ac6adfca5dac0505ed15caa839e50f9"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
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---
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# North Dakota HB 1205 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12.1-27.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting public libraries from maintaining explicit sexual material; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide for application.
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Relating to prohibiting public libraries from maintaining explicit sexual material; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide for application.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0407-02000.pdf)
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2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0407-05000.pdf)
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3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0407-03000.pdf)
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4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0407-04000.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1205 — **70–22** (pass) · lower
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- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1205 — **65–28** (pass) · lower
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- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1205 — **39–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Mike Lefor — primary (person)
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- Vicky Steiner — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
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- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 09:30
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- **2023-02-13** Committee Hearing 03:48
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- **2023-02-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-02-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
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- **2023-02-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 65 nays 28 `passage, reading-2`
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- **2023-02-17** Received from House
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- **2023-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
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- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 10:00
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- **2023-03-13** Committee Hearing 11:57
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- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 09:07
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- **2023-03-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-29** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
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- **2023-03-29** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 39 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
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- **2023-03-30** Returned to House (12)
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- **2023-04-20** Laid over one legislative day
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- **2023-04-21** Concurred
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- **2023-04-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 70 nays 22 `passage, reading-2`
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- **2023-04-24** Signed by President
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- **2023-04-25** Signed by Speaker
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- **2023-04-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-04-26** Signed by Governor 04/25 `executive-signature`
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- **2023-04-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/26 `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7aa69d9-c0f3-45fc-9dcb-bd6659a87779`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).
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