HB 1044 North Dakota House · 69th Legislative Assembly (2025-26)

AN ACT to amend and reenact section 31-13-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to deoxyribonucleic acid testing, sampling, and procedure; and to declare an emergency.

This bill amends North Dakota's DNA testing code (section 31-13-04) but the provided context lacks specific details about the changes to the procedures, sampling requirements, or who is directly affected. The official abstract only states it relates to DNA testing, sampling, and procedure, without describing concrete policy changes. Since the context does not include the actual provisions or mechanisms of the amendment, a factual summary of its effects cannot be provided. The bill was signed into law on March 17, 2025, but the abstract does not explain what the amendment actually does.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
House Passage
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Mar 2025
Signed into Law
Mar 2025
Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Signed Mar 18, 2025
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What changed between versions

FIRST ENGROSSMENT Enrollment · 4 edits
MODERATE
This bill updates the formatting and certification language of HB 1044 from its first engrossment version to its final enrolled version, adding official signatures, vote counts, and governor approval fields. The substantive policy content regarding DNA testing procedures and immunity remains unchanged.
TECHNICAL

Added official certification blocks for House and Senate approval with signature lines and vote counts (90-0-4 for House, 45-0-2 for Senate)

Added Governor approval section with date and time fields for official signing

Removed internal tracking numbers and page references used during legislative processing

Reformatted header information to reflect final enrolled status with updated legislative session dates

Floor votes · Senate Mar 10, 2025 · House Jan 17, 2025

How they voted

450
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 47
Mar 10, 2025
D Democratic5
5 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican42
40 Yea 2
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
17
Key actions
9
Committee
5
Mar 19, 2025
Introduced
Filed with Secretary Of State 03/18
legislature
Mar 18, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor 03/17
lower
Mar 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0, Emergency clause carried
upper
Mar 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 1
upper
Feb 18, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee Hearing 09:00
upper
Feb 5, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee
upper
Jan 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0, Emergency clause carried
lower
Jan 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
lower
Jan 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Hearing 02:47
lower
Jan 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Hearing 01:30
lower
Jan 7, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Judiciary Committee
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.