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                        IntroducedJan 07, 2025
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                        Passed HouseJan 21, 2025
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                        Passed SenateMar 07, 2025
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                        Signed into LawMar 18, 2025
 
                    
                    
                    AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to school districts allowing students to leave campus to vote in elections.
                
                
            
        Last Action See all actions
                         executive • Mar 19, 2025: Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
                        
                        
                        
            Summary/Bill Text
Comments on HB 1178
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
                Votes
                        YES: 86
                                                
                                        - Anderson, D.
 - Brandenburg
 - Dockter
 - Hatlestad
 - Headland
 - Karls
 - Kasper
 - Kempenich
 - Kiefert
 - Klemin
 - Koppelman
 - Louser
 - Martinson
 - Meier
 - Monson
 - Nelson
 - Rohr
 - Sanford
 - Schatz
 - Steiner
 - Toman
 - Vigesaa
 - Weisz
 - Schneider
 - Mitskog
 - Schreiber-Beck
 - Lefor
 - Dobervich
 - Longmuir
 - Hanson
 - Grueneich
 - Marschall
 - Pyle
 - Heinert
 - Ruby, M.
 - O'Brien
 - Vetter
 - Johnston, D.
 - Bosch
 - Fegley
 - Hoverson
 - Schauer
 - Fisher
 - Hager
 - Richter
 - Tveit
 - Ostlie
 - Ista
 - Beltz
 - Stemen
 - Hauck
 - Conmy
 - Finley- DeVille
 - Davis
 - Anderson, K.
 - Johnson, J.
 - Olson, S.
 - Olson, J.
 - VanWinkle
 - Heilman
 - Swiontek
 - Jonas
 - Novak
 - McLeod
 - Bahl
 - Rios
 - Christy
 - Holle
 - Murphy
 - Wagner
 - Motschenbacher
 - Warrey
 - Nehring
 - Brown
 - Hendrix
 - Christianson
 - Maki
 - Dressler
 - Wolff
 - Bolinske
 - Osowski
 - Foss
 - Morton
 - Vollmer
 - Berg
 - Grindberg
 
NO: 1
                                            Actions
            - Mar 19, 2025 | executive
- Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14
 
 - Mar 18, 2025 | House
- Signed by Governor 03/14
 
 - Mar 13, 2025 | House
- Signed by Speaker
 - Sent to Governor
 
 - Mar 12, 2025 | Senate
- Signed by President
 
 - Mar 10, 2025 | House
- Returned to House
 
 - Mar 07, 2025 | Senate
- Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 6 0 0
 - Second reading, passed, yeas 24 nays 23
 
 - Mar 05, 2025 | Senate
- Bill Hearing, Senate Education, 03/05 1:30 PM, Room 216 - Relating to school districts allowing students to leave campus to vote in elections.
 - Committee Hearing 01:30 (Education)
 
 - Feb 13, 2025 | Senate
- Introduced, first reading, referred to Education
 
 - Jan 22, 2025 | Senate
- Received from House
 
 - Jan 21, 2025 | House
- Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 1
 
 - Jan 17, 2025 | House
- Bill Hearing, House Political Subdivisions, 01/17 11:15 AM, Room 327B - Relating to school districts allowing students to leave campus to vote in elections
 - Committee Hearing 11:15 (Political Subdivisions)
 - Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 1
 
 - Jan 07, 2025 | House
- Introduced, first reading, referred to Political Subdivisions
 
 
Bill Texts 
        
            
    Documents
        
            - Video - House Political Subdivisions, 01/17 11:16 AM (HB 1178)
 - Video - House, 01/21 01:05 PM (11th Order - Final Passage House Measures - HB1178 - Political Subdivisions - Do Pass)
 - Video - House, 01/21 01:05 PM (Representative Hager)
 - Video - House, 01/21 01:08 PM (11th Order - Final Passage House Measures - HB1178 - Political Subdivisions - Do Pass - Votes Required 48: PASSED - Yea 86 Nay 1 N/V 7 Exc 0)
 - Video - Senate Education, 03/05 01:30 PM (HB 1178)
 - Video - Senate Education, 03/05 01:40 PM (Zofia Dostal - Citizen - District 33 - In Favor - Testimony #38816)
 - Video - Senate Education, 03/05 01:46 PM (Michael Howe - Secretary of State - North Dakota - In Favor)
 - Video - Senate Education, 03/05 01:48 PM (Amy De Kok - Executive Director - North Dakota School Boards Association - In Favor)
 - Video - Senate Education, 03/05 01:51 PM (Chairman Todd Beard - Closed Hearing)
 - Video - Senate Education, 03/05 01:51 PM (Committee Work - HB 1178)
 - Video - Senate Education, 03/05 02:07 PM (Amy De Kok - Executive Director - North Dakota School Boards Association - Clarifying)
 - Video - Senate Education, 03/05 02:09 PM (Senator Boschee - Moved a Do Not Pass on HB 1178)
 - Video - Senate Education, 03/05 02:11 PM (Roll Call Vote on HB - Motion Passed - 6-0-0)
 - Video - Senate, 03/07 02:12 PM (14th Order - Final Passage House Measures - HB1178 - Education - Do Not Pass)
 - Video - Senate, 03/07 02:12 PM (Senator Gerhardt)
 - Video - Senate, 03/07 02:14 PM (Senator Boehm)
 - Video - Senate, 03/07 02:15 PM (Senator Dever)
 - Video - Senate, 03/07 02:18 PM (Senator Gerhardt)
 - Video - Senate, 03/07 02:19 PM (Senator Axtman)
 - Video - Senate, 03/07 02:20 PM (Senator Luick)
 - Video - Senate, 03/07 02:21 PM (Senator Dever)
 - Video - Senate, 03/07 02:22 PM (14th Order - Final Passage House Measures - HB1178 - Education - Do Not Pass - Votes Required 24: PASSED - Yea 24 Nay 23 N/V 0 Exc 0)
 - Testimony (In Favor) -- Dustin Amundson, Bismarck, ND (House Political Subdivisions, 01/17 11:15 AM)PDF
 - Testimony (In Favor) -- Catherine L. Benton, Grand Forks, ND (House Political Subdivisions, 01/17 11:15 AM)PDF
 - Testimony (In Favor) -- Maci Behm, Beulah, ND (House Political Subdivisions, 01/17 11:15 AM)PDF
 - Testimony (In Favor) -- Barbara A. Dunn, none (none), Fargo, ND (House Political Subdivisions, 01/17 11:15 AM)PDF
 - Testimony (In Favor) -- Ava R. Oyen, Beulah, ND (House Political Subdivisions, 01/17 11:15 AM)PDF
 - Testimony (In Favor) -- Zofia A. Dostal, Beulah, ND (House Political Subdivisions, 01/17 11:15 AM)PDF
 - Testimony (In Favor) -- Carol Sawicki, League of Women Voters of North Dakota (Board Member), Fargo, ND (House Political Subdivisions, 01/17 11:15 AM)PDF
 - Testimony (In Favor) -- Anna Novak, ND Legislative (Representative District 33), bismarck, ND (House Political Subdivisions, 01/17 11:15 AM)PDF
 - Testimony (In Favor) -- Carol Sawicki, League of Women Voters of North Dakota (Board member), Fargo, ND (Senate Education, 03/05 01:30 PM)PDF
 - Testimony (In Favor) -- Michael Howe, North Dakota Secretary of State (North Dakota Secretary of State), Bismarck, ND (House Political Subdivisions, 01/17 11:15 AM)PDF
 - Testimony (In Favor) -- Zofia A. Dostal, Beulah, ND (Senate Education, 03/05 01:30 PM)PDF
 - Testimony (In Favor) -- Michael Howe, North Dakota Secretary of State (North Dakota Secretary of State), Bismarck, ND (Senate Education, 03/05 01:30 PM)PDF
 - Testimony (In Favor) -- Anna Novak, Legislative Assembly (Representative District 33), Hazen, ND (Senate Education, 03/05 01:30 PM)PDF
 



