HB 1519 North Dakota House · 69th Legislative Assembly (2025-26)

A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 23-02.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to death and vaccination records.

HB 1519 requires North Dakota's Department of Health to compile and maintain individual death and vaccination records from the state's immunization and death registration systems. It mandates tracking specific details like vaccine type, date of vaccination, sex, race, and death dates within 720 days post-vaccination. The department must publish quarterly public reports on its website showing death rates for each vaccine type administered to over 20,000 people in the previous quarter, broken down by demographic groups and time intervals after vaccination. This bill directly affects the state health department's data management and public reporting processes.
Bill status passed 2 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2025
House Failed
Feb 2025
Governor
Introduced Jan 20, 2025 Last action Feb 20, 2025
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What changed between versions

INTRODUCED FIRST ENGROSSMENT · 3 edits
MINOR
The bill renumbered from 25.1294.01000 to 25.1294.02000 and updated the vaccination reporting requirements. The most significant change is replacing 'shall' with 'must' in the reporting language, which strengthens the mandatory nature of the requirement. Additionally, 'Vaccine manufacturer' was added as a required index column in the summary reports.
Scope change
The bill's scope remains focused on vaccination reporting requirements for the Department of Health and Human Services, with no changes to applicability or eligibility criteria.
REQUIREMENT

Changed language from 'shall' to 'must' in the requirement for publishing time-series summary reports, making the obligation more explicit and enforceable.

Added 'Vaccine manufacturer' as a required index column in the vaccination summary reports, requiring more detailed tracking of which manufacturers' vaccines were administered.

TECHNICAL

Renumbered the bill section from 25.1294.01000 to 25.1294.02000 and updated bill numbering from 'HOUSE BILL' to 'ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL'.

Floor votes · House Feb 20, 2025

How they voted

3352
Failed · 6 other
Total votes 91
Feb 20, 2025
D Democratic11
11 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican80
33 Yea 41 Nay 6
51% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Feb 20, 2025
Vote failed
House Vote: fail (33-52-6)
house
Feb 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 20 0 3
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
Rereferred to Appropriations
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amendment adopted
lower
Feb 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 3 0
lower
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee Hearing 09:00
lower
Jan 20, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, first reading, referred Human Services Committee
lower
1 primary · 10 co-sponsors

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