republic-os/legislation/us/states/nd/69/hb-1556.md

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Bill	AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 27-20.3-01, and sections 27-20.3-15 and 27-20.3-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a child in need of protection and termination of parental rights; to create a workgroup under the children's cabinet to study out-of-home placement or treatment of children with behavioral health issues; to provide for a report; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency.	Relating to a child in need of protection and termination of parental rights; to create a workgroup under the children's cabinet to study out‑of‑home placement or treatment of children with behavioral health issues; to provide for a report; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency.	us/states/nd	North Dakota Legislative Assembly	69	HB 1556	North Dakota HB 1556 (69)	bill		enacted	Gregory Stemen	4	21	3	2025-01-20	2025-04-25	openstates	ocd-bill/53a8a489-063a-40b8-8075-418e4867807a	https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json	1799756583372f5467e7ceefdf3b336bee07a7309f0cb58a1b99e07c04ea9d40	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-nd

North Dakota HB 1556 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 5 of section 27-20.3-01, and sections 27-20.3-15 and 27-20.3-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a child in need of protection and termination of parental rights; to create a workgroup under the children's cabinet to study out-of-home placement or treatment of children with behavioral health issues; to provide for a report; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency.

Relating to a child in need of protection and termination of parental rights; to create a workgroup under the children's cabinet to study out‑of‑home placement or treatment of children with behavioral health issues; to provide for a report; to provide an expiration date; and to declare an emergency.

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. FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1556 — 46–0 (pass) · upper
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1556 — 91–0 (pass) · lower
• Motion for Final Passage on HB 1556 — 90–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gregory Stemen — primary (person)
• Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
• Jared C. Hagert — cosponsor (person)
• Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
• Jon O. Nelson — cosponsor (person)
• Judy Lee — cosponsor (person)
• Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Davison — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Beltz — cosponsor (person)
• Mitch Ostlie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-20 Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee introduction
• 2025-01-27 Committee Hearing 10:20
• 2025-02-19 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-02-20 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2025-02-21 Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0, Emergency clause carried passage, reading-2
• 2025-02-24 Received from House
• 2025-03-07 Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Human Services Committee introduction
• 2025-03-12 Committee Hearing 10:15
• 2025-04-07 Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-08 Laid over one legislative day
• 2025-04-09 Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
• 2025-04-09 Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 passage, reading-2
• 2025-04-09 Emergency clause carried
• 2025-04-09 Returned to House (12)
• 2025-04-17 Concurred
• 2025-04-17 Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0, Emergency clause carried passage, reading-2
• 2025-04-21 Signed by President
• 2025-04-22 Signed by Speaker
• 2025-04-22 Sent to Governor executive-receipt
• 2025-04-24 Signed by Governor 04/23 executive-signature
• 2025-04-25 Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23 introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/53a8a489-063a-40b8-8075-418e4867807a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).