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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15.1-09-33 and 15.1-19-03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a requirement for public school students to have the opportunity to recite the pledge of allegiance each morning and immunity for liability stemming from the recitation of the pledge of allegiance."
description: "Relating to a requirement for public school students to have the opportunity to recite the pledge of allegiance each morning and immunity for liability stemming from the recitation of the pledge of allegiance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1222"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1222 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anna S. Novak"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22ce069a-2039-4140-a9f4-e48a14e40fd0"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "71e997a5355e9700ca49379a0a1a00c90ea770a6387c348c35c5951688a6bba3"
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 1222 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 15.1-09-33 and 15.1-19-03.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a requirement for public school students to have the opportunity to recite the pledge of allegiance each morning and immunity for liability stemming from the recitation of the pledge of allegiance.
Relating to a requirement for public school students to have the opportunity to recite the pledge of allegiance each morning and immunity for liability stemming from the recitation of the pledge of allegiance.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0385-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0385-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0385-02000.pdf)
## Votes
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1222 — **443** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1222 — **870** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Anna S. Novak — primary (person)
- David Hogue — cosponsor (person)
- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Jared C. Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Frelich — cosponsor (person)
- Larry Luick — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Lefor — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-04** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-02-18** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-21** Received from House
- **2025-02-24** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-12** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2025-03-12** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-03-14** Returned to House
- **2025-03-17** Signed by President
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Speaker
- **2025-03-18** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-21** Signed by Governor 03/19 `executive-signature`
- **2025-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/20 `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22ce069a-2039-4140-a9f4-e48a14e40fd0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).