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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 14-09-22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to defining mental injury for the crime of child abuse; and to provide a penalty."
description: "Relating to defining mental injury for the crime of child abuse; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1492"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1492 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Zachary Ista"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-18"
last_action: "2023-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9ecaa7c-192d-40f1-9304-1361944278dc"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "dc6fe513d1c884aef469b3556544c71e3e38c81e398e925be5555a074933532f"
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 1492 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 14-09-22 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to defining mental injury for the crime of child abuse; and to provide a penalty.
Relating to defining mental injury for the crime of child abuse; 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](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0344-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0344-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0344-04000.pdf)
## Votes
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1492 — **7417** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1492 — **460** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Zachary Ista — primary (person)
- Alisa Mitskog — cosponsor (person)
- Austen Schauer — cosponsor (person)
- Claire Cory — cosponsor (person)
- Corey Mock — cosponsor (person)
- Curt Kreun — cosponsor (person)
- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Mary Schneider — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Roers Jones — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2023-02-01** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2023-02-06** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-02-06** Committee Hearing 11:38
- **2023-02-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 6 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-08** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-09** Laid over two legislative days
- **2023-02-13** Laid over one legislative day
- **2023-02-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 74 nays 17 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-15** Received from House
- **2023-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2023-03-15** Committee Hearing 08:39
- **2023-03-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-20** Returned to House
- **2023-03-21** Signed by President
- **2023-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-28** Signed by Governor 03/27 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-30** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/28 `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9ecaa7c-192d-40f1-9304-1361944278dc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).