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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
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legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
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session: "69"
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identifier: "HB 1297"
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citation: "North Dakota HB 1297 (69)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ben Koppelman"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-13"
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last_action: "2025-04-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f20fdb3c-ad2f-44ad-aa95-006a8e54246c"
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source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
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source_hash: "e98517df3ec47c07e916f03bbdf27eebbc018f12bfbc1edefd48e88423551a39"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
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---
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# 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.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0495-01000.pdf)
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2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0495-03000.pdf)
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## Votes
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- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1297 — **38–8** (pass) · upper
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- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1297 — **75–16** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ben Koppelman — primary (person)
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- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
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- David A. Clemens — cosponsor (person)
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- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
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- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
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- Jose L. Castaneda — cosponsor (person)
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- Mark Enget — cosponsor (person)
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- Matthew Heilman — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Wobbema — cosponsor (person)
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- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
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- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
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- **2025-01-30** Committee Hearing 10:30
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- **2025-01-30** Committee Hearing 04:00
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- **2025-02-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 4 4 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-02-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 16 `passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-02-19** Received from House
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- **2025-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
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- **2025-03-24** Request return from committee
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- **2025-03-24** Rereferred to State and Local Government
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- **2025-03-27** Committee Hearing 03:30
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- **2025-04-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-08** Amendment proposed on floor `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-04-08** Amendment failed `amendment-failure`
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- **2025-04-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 38 nays 8 `passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-04-09** Returned to House
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- **2025-04-14** Signed by President
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- **2025-04-15** Signed by Speaker
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- **2025-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-18** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 `introduction`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f20fdb3c-ad2f-44ad-aa95-006a8e54246c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).
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