l9n/ North Dakota

2025 Regular Session, 2025–2026

House Bill 1497

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

Became law, signed March 28, 2025, 67 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the 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.

Sponsors

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

In the House of Representatives

4 co-sponsors

Jim Jonas, Andrew Marschall, David Monson, Donald Schaible

Its course

January 20 to March 31, 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 21 days

In the House of RepresentativesJan 20 to Feb 2031 days

EducationJan 20 to Feb 1021 days

EducationFeb 12 to Feb 186 days

In the SenateFeb 20 to Mar 1422 days

EducationFeb 24 to Mar 1216 days

Back in the House of RepresentativesMar 14 to Mar 2410 days

Waiting to be sentMar 24 to Mar 251 day

With the GovernorMar 25 to Mar 283 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 Feb 11

  • House of Representatives committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Feb 19

  • Senate committee amendmentAdopted

    Adopted Mar 13

Text

Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.

l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

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 20 – Feb 20

  1. Introduced and sent to Education
  2. Heard in Education
  3. Education recommended it as amended, 8 to 4
  4. Amended as the committee recommended
  5. Sent to Education
  6. Heard in Education
  7. Education recommended it as amended, 11 to 2
  8. Amended as the committee recommended
  9. Passed the House of Representatives, 74 to 13

In the Senate Feb 21 – Mar 14

  1. Arrived in the Senate
  2. Read a first time and sent to Education
  3. Heard in Education
  4. Education recommended it as amended, 4 to 1
  5. Amended as the committee recommended
  6. Passed the Senate, 28 to 19

Back in the House of Representatives Mar 17 – Mar 24

  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, 79 to 14
  4. Signed in the Senate

To the Governor Mar 25 – Mar 31

  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