republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/69/hb-1204.md

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Bill	AN ACT to amend and reenact section 16.1-10-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the publication of false information in political advertisements; and to provide a penalty.	Relating to the publication of false information in political advertisements; and to provide a penalty.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	69	HB 1204	North Dakota HB 1204 (69)	bill		enacted	Mike Schatz	4	21	3	2025-01-10	2025-04-14	openstates	ocd-bill/8c0da517-8988-4a66-b1ff-813e6edb7650	https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json	395b166cbc1ae6fffc8f5d20123bf62398515bd72bf819026004eed2b909c101	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1204 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 16.1-10-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the publication of false information in political advertisements; and to provide a penalty.

Relating to the publication of false information in political advertisements; 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. Enrollment (committee substitute) — source
3. FIRST ENGROSSMENT (committee substitute) — source
4. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1204 — 77–14 (pass) · lower
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1204 — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1204 — 45–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Mike Schatz — primary (person)
• Desiree van Oosting — cosponsor (person)
• Jay Fisher — cosponsor (person)
• Kathy Frelich — cosponsor (person)
• Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
• Lisa Meier — cosponsor (person)
• Nathan Toman — cosponsor (person)
• Ty Dressler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-10 Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee introduction
• 2025-01-24 Committee Hearing 10:00
• 2025-01-30 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 2 1 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-01-31 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2025-02-04 Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 passage, reading-2
• 2025-02-05 Received from House
• 2025-02-13 Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee introduction
• 2025-03-13 Committee Hearing 10:15
• 2025-03-14 Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-18 Laid over one legislative day
• 2025-03-19 Amendment proposed on floor amendment-introduction
• 2025-03-19 Amendment adopted
• 2025-03-19 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 1 passage, reading-2
• 2025-03-20 Returned to House (12)
• 2025-04-02 Concurred
• 2025-04-02 Second reading, passed, yeas 77 nays 14 passage, reading-2
• 2025-04-04 Signed by President
• 2025-04-08 Signed by Speaker
• 2025-04-08 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-04-11 Signed by Governor 04/10 executive-signature
• 2025-04-14 Filed with Secretary Of State 04/11 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c0da517-8988-4a66-b1ff-813e6edb7650. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).