l9n/ North Dakota

2025 Regular Session, 2025–2026

House Bill 1205

Relating to abandonment of infants in newborn safety devices.

Became law, signed April 11, 2025, 91 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.

AN ACT to amend and reenact section 50-25.1-15 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to abandonment of infants in newborn safety devices.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

Its course

January 10 to April 14, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

Every action24 actions on 20 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 10 to Feb 2445 days

Human ServicesJan 10 to Jan 2818 days

AppropriationsJan 29 to Feb 1820 days

AppropriationsFeb 20 to Feb 211 day

In the SenateFeb 24 to Mar 2024 days

Human ServicesMar 7 to Mar 1811 days

Back in the House of RepresentativesMar 20 to Apr 415 days

Waiting to be sentApr 4 to Apr 84 days

With the GovernorApr 8 to Apr 113 days

Votes

Yeas to nays, as the Legislative Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

Amendments

Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Jan 29

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 24

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 19

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

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What happened

In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.

In the House of Representatives Jan 10 – Feb 24

  1. Introduced and sent to Human Services
  2. Heard in Human Services
  3. Human Services recommended it as amended, 12 to 0
  4. Amended as the committee recommended
  5. Sent to Appropriations
  6. Appropriations recommended against it, 21 to 2
  7. Sent to Appropriations
  8. Appropriations recommended it as amended, 22 to 0
  9. Amended as the committee recommended
  10. Passed the House of Representatives, 93 to 0

In the Senate Feb 25 – Mar 20

  1. Arrived in the Senate
  2. Read a first time and sent to Human Services
  3. Heard in Human Services
  4. Human Services reported it without a recommendation, 6 to 0
  5. Amended as the committee recommended
  6. Passed the Senate, 44 to 2

Back in the House of Representatives Mar 21 – Apr 4

  1. Returned to the House of Representatives
  2. The House of Representatives agreed to the other chamber's changes
  3. Passed the House of Representatives, 91 to 0
  4. Signed in the Senate

To the Governor Apr 8 – Apr 14

  1. Signed in the House of Representatives
  2. Sent to the Governor
  3. Signed by the Governor
  4. Filed with the Secretary of State
All 24 actions, as published