republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/69/hb-1497.md

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Bill	AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 50-11.1-21 and section 50-11.1-23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to age requirements for an approved four-year old program; and eligibility for the best in class program.	Relating to age requirements for an approved four‑year old program; and eligibility for the best in class program.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	69	HB 1497	North Dakota HB 1497 (69)	bill		enacted	Roger A. Maki	5	24	2	2025-01-20	2025-03-31	openstates	ocd-bill/240118b1-aea2-4de1-9058-f4bd1aafb519	https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json	837e3e597d98182816648d7bd3d203696ce2b234e08ea2fe13c0b2c620dbf0b8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1497 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 50-11.1-21 and section 50-11.1-23 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to age requirements for an approved four-year old program; and eligibility for the best in class program.

Relating to age requirements for an approved four‑year old program; and eligibility for the best in class program.

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. SECOND ENGROSSMENT (committee substitute) — source
5. SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1497 — 79–14 (pass) · lower
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1497 — 74–13 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Roger A. Maki — primary (person)
• Andrew Marschall — cosponsor (person)
• David Monson — cosponsor (person)
• Donald Schaible — cosponsor (person)
• Jim Jonas — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-20 Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee introduction
• 2025-01-29 Committee Hearing 03:00
• 2025-02-10 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 4 2 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-11 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2025-02-12 Rereferred to Education
• 2025-02-17 Committee Hearing 02:30
• 2025-02-18 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 2 1 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-19 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2025-02-20 Second reading, passed, yeas 74 nays 13, Emergency clause carried passage, reading-2
• 2025-02-21 Received from House
• 2025-02-24 Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Education Committee introduction
• 2025-03-11 Committee Hearing 11:00
• 2025-03-12 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 1 1 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-13 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2025-03-14 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 28 nays 19 passage, reading-2
• 2025-03-14 Emergency clause failed
• 2025-03-17 Returned to House (12)
• 2025-03-19 Concurred
• 2025-03-19 Second reading, passed, yeas 79 nays 14 passage, reading-2
• 2025-03-24 Signed by President
• 2025-03-25 Signed by Speaker
• 2025-03-25 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-03-28 Signed by Governor 03/26 executive-signature
• 2025-03-31 Filed with Secretary Of State 03/27 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/240118b1-aea2-4de1-9058-f4bd1aafb519. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).