republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/69/hb-1297.md

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Bill	AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 16.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting approval voting and ranked-choice voting in elections; and to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 11-09.1-05 and subsection 9 of section 40-05.1-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to home rule powers in counties and cities.	Relating to prohibiting approval voting and ranked‑choice voting in elections; and to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 11‑09.1‑05 and subsection 9 of section 40‑05.1‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to home rule powers in counties and cities.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	69	HB 1297	North Dakota HB 1297 (69)	bill		enacted	Ben Koppelman	2	20	2	2025-01-13	2025-04-21	openstates	ocd-bill/f20fdb3c-ad2f-44ad-aa95-006a8e54246c	https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json	e98517df3ec47c07e916f03bbdf27eebbc018f12bfbc1edefd48e88423551a39	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1297 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 16.1-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to prohibiting approval voting and ranked-choice voting in elections; and to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 11-09.1-05 and subsection 9 of section 40-05.1-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to home rule powers in counties and cities.

Relating to prohibiting approval voting and ranked‑choice voting in elections; and to amend and reenact subsection 7 of section 11‑09.1‑05 and subsection 9 of section 40‑05.1‑06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to home rule powers in counties and cities.

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

Votes

• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1297 — 38–8 (pass) · upper
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1297 — 75–16 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ben Koppelman — primary (person)
• Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
• David A. Clemens — cosponsor (person)
• Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
• Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
• Jose L. Castaneda — cosponsor (person)
• Mark Enget — cosponsor (person)
• Matthew Heilman — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Wobbema — cosponsor (person)
• Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
• Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-13 Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee introduction
• 2025-01-30 Committee Hearing 10:30
• 2025-01-30 Committee Hearing 04:00
• 2025-02-17 Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 4 4 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-18 Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 16 passage, reading-2
• 2025-02-19 Received from House
• 2025-02-20 Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee introduction
• 2025-03-24 Request return from committee
• 2025-03-24 Rereferred to State and Local Government
• 2025-03-27 Committee Hearing 03:30
• 2025-04-07 Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 2 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-08 Amendment proposed on floor amendment-introduction
• 2025-04-08 Amendment failed amendment-failure
• 2025-04-08 Second reading, passed, yeas 38 nays 8 passage, reading-2
• 2025-04-09 Returned to House
• 2025-04-14 Signed by President
• 2025-04-15 Signed by Speaker
• 2025-04-15 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-04-18 Signed by Governor 04/16 executive-signature
• 2025-04-21 Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f20fdb3c-ad2f-44ad-aa95-006a8e54246c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).