republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/68/hb-1536.md

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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact chapter 27-19.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Indian child welfare; to amend and reenact section 27-20.3-18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to reasonable efforts to prevent removal; to repeal section 27-20.3-19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Indian child welfare; and to provide for a legislative management study.	Relating to Indian child welfare; to amend and reenact section 27‑20.3‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to reasonable efforts to prevent removal; to repeal section 27‑20.3‑19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Indian child welfare; and to provide for a legislative management study.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	68	HB 1536	North Dakota HB 1536 (68)	bill		enacted	Jayme Davis	5	31	4	2023-01-18	2023-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/8c31151f-d687-4b5f-97fa-648ad49ff970	https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json	fa17ae25708aba7ada2582889d778790d79c57f3ac68b3fdce9dfc0957e28fad	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1536 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact chapter 27-19.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Indian child welfare; to amend and reenact section 27-20.3-18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to reasonable efforts to prevent removal; to repeal section 27-20.3-19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Indian child welfare; and to provide for a legislative management study.

Relating to Indian child welfare; to amend and reenact section 27‑20.3‑18 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to reasonable efforts to prevent removal; to repeal section 27‑20.3‑19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to Indian child welfare; and to provide for a legislative management study.

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 Conference Committee Amendments (committee substitute) — source
5. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1536 — 91–1 (pass) · lower
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1536 — 47–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1536 — 93–1 (pass) · lower
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1536 — 46–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jayme Davis — primary (person)
• Brandy Pyle — cosponsor (person)
• Donna Henderson — cosponsor (person)
• Karen M. Rohr — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
• LaurieBeth Hager — cosponsor (person)
• Lawrence R. Klemin — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Finley-DeVille — cosponsor (person)
• Liz Conmy — cosponsor (person)
• Robin Weisz — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-18 Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee introduction
• 2023-01-23 Committee Hearing 10:15
• 2023-02-13 Committee Hearing 04:37
• 2023-02-15 Committee Hearing 05:00
• 2023-02-16 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-02-17 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2023-02-21 Second reading, passed, yeas 93 nays 1 passage, reading-2
• 2023-03-03 Received from House
• 2023-03-03 Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee introduction
• 2023-03-22 Committee Hearing 09:00
• 2023-03-22 Committee Hearing 10:46
• 2023-03-22 Committee Hearing 02:30
• 2023-03-27 Committee Hearing 09:00
• 2023-03-28 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-03-29 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2023-03-29 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 passage, reading-2
• 2023-03-30 Returned to House (12)
• 2023-04-11 Refused to concur
• 2023-04-11 Conference committee appointed Fegley McLeod Davis
• 2023-04-17 Conference committee appointed Lee Weston Hogan
• 2023-04-20 Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar committee-passage
• 2023-04-25 Conference committee report adopted
• 2023-04-25 Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 1 passage, reading-2
• 2023-04-25 Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar committee-passage
• 2023-04-26 Conference committee report adopted
• 2023-04-26 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 passage, reading-2
• 2023-04-27 Signed by President
• 2023-04-27 Signed by Speaker
• 2023-04-27 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2023-05-18 Signed by Governor 05/08 executive-signature
• 2023-05-18 Filed with Secretary Of State 05/09 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c31151f-d687-4b5f-97fa-648ad49ff970. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).