republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/69/hb-1549.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12-44.1 and two new sections to chapter 54-23.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the correctional facility grant program, housing task force, and criminal justice data collection; to amend and reenact section 12-47-31 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to offenders released from the department of corrections and rehabilitation; to provide for a statement of legislative intent; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide for a legislative management report."
description: "Relating to the correctional facility grant program, housing task force, and criminal justice data collection; to amend and reenact section 12-47-31 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to offenders released from the department of corrections and rehabilitation; to provide for a statement of legislative intent; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide for a legislative management report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "69"
identifier: "HB 1549"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1549 (69)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lawrence R. Klemin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-20"
last_action: "2025-04-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/756c4548-2a19-4f87-b63f-044a25aa000c"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "f86ea7216f63bde42a537d63ff7955d2b81a108e69a4aa323a2ea3fe80d3fb52"
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 1549 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 12-44.1 and two new sections to chapter 54-23.3 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the correctional facility grant program, housing task force, and criminal justice data collection; to amend and reenact section 12-47-31 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to offenders released from the department of corrections and rehabilitation; to provide for a statement of legislative intent; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide for a legislative management report.

Relating to the correctional facility grant program, housing task force, and criminal justice data collection; to amend and reenact section 12-47-31 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to offenders released from the department of corrections and rehabilitation; to provide for a statement of legislative intent; to provide for a legislative management study; and to provide for a legislative management report.

## 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/25-1314-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1314-05000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1314-02000.pdf)
4. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1314-03000.pdf)
5. **SECOND ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1314-04000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1549 — **67–25** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1549 — **62–29** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1549 — **43–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lawrence R. Klemin — primary (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Gregory Stemen — cosponsor (person)
- Karla Rose Hanson — cosponsor (person)
- Kyle Davison — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-02-05** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2025-02-10** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 6 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-11** Amendment adopted
- **2025-02-11** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2025-02-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 19 1 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-25** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-02-25** Second reading, passed, yeas 67 nays 25 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-02-25** Received from House
- **2025-03-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-19** Committee Hearing 02:30
- **2025-03-27** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-28** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2025-04-01** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 43 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Returned to House (12)
- **2025-04-09** Concurred
- **2025-04-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 62 nays 29 `passage, reading-2`
- **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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/756c4548-2a19-4f87-b63f-044a25aa000c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).