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type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.11903.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the recitation of prayer at activities for public and nonpublic schools."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.11903.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the recitation of prayer at activities for public and nonpublic schools."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1275"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1275 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["EDUCATION - SEE ALSO HIGHER ED; SCHOOLS; SPEC ED; VOC ED", "RELIGION", "SCHOOL BOARDS", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "SCHOOLS - SEE ALSO SCHOOL BOARDS; SCHOOL DISTRICTS", "STUDENTS - SEE ALSO EDUCATION; SCHOOLS", "STUDENTS - SEE ALSO EDUCATION; SCHOOLS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Ruby", "Damschen", "Erbele", "K. Koppelman", "Kasper", "Monson", "Vigesaa"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 30
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-04-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9582023f-380c-4ef9-87d5-923289dd0f71"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1275.html"
source_hash: "8a4b8a437c3cc8708bbf14e1114354363f8c03236cbab76d881182f8da277184"
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 1275 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.11903.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the recitation of prayer at activities for public and nonpublic schools.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0761-02000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Conference Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0761-03002a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Conference Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0761-03002m.pdf)
4. **Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0761-02001a.pdf)
5. **Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0761-02001m.pdf)
6. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0761-06000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0761-03000.pdf)
8. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0761-05000.pdf)
9. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0761-04000.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Vedaa** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0761-03001a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Senator Vedaa (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0761-03001m.pdf)
## Votes
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 47 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 0 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **470** (pass) · upper
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, the roll was called and there were 89 YEAS, 3 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **893** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 80 YEAS, 10 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 4 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **8010** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 43 YEAS, 1 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **431** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- D. Ruby — primary (person)
- Damschen — primary (person)
- Erbele — primary (person)
- K. Koppelman — primary (person)
- Kasper — primary (person)
- Monson — primary (person)
- Vigesaa — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-12** Request return from committee
- **2017-01-12** Rereferred to Judiciary
- **2017-01-25** Committee Hearing 10:50
- **2017-02-08** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 2 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-09** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-02-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 80 nays 10 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received from House
- **2017-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-22** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2017-03-30** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-03-31** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 43 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-03** Returned to House (12)
- **2017-04-10** Refused to concur
- **2017-04-10** Conference committee appointed Karls K. Koppelman Simons
- **2017-04-12** Conference committee appointed Davison Schaible Kannianen
- **2017-04-18** Appoint Sen. Schaible to replace Sen. Davison on conference committee
- **2017-04-18** Appoint Sen. Oban to replace Sen. Schaible on conference committee
- **2017-04-20** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-20** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-20** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 3 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-20** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2017-04-21** Conference committee report adopted
- **2017-04-21** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 47 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-04-24** Signed by President
- **2017-04-24** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-04-24** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-25** Signed by Governor 04/24 `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/25 `introduction`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9582023f-380c-4ef9-87d5-923289dd0f71`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).