HB 1585 North Dakota House · 69th Legislative Assembly (2025-26)

A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 12-63 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a requirement for peace officers to report undocumented immigrants to United States immigration and customs.

HB 1585 requires North Dakota peace officers (such as police and sheriffs) to report individuals they reasonably believe are in the U.S. illegally to U.S. immigration authorities. Officers must use a designated tip line or online form as soon as possible after forming this belief. Violating this requirement would be classified as an infraction, not a criminal offense. The bill failed to pass in the legislature on February 7, 2025.

Issues: ✗ Immigration

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 7, 2025

Maddy AI version diff · 1 comparison

What changed between versions

INTRODUCED → FIRST ENGROSSMENT · 4 edits

MODERATE

The bill was renumbered from 25.0127.01000 to 25.0127.02000 and updated its title to reflect the first engrossment version. The core requirement for peace officers to report undocumented immigrants was modified to require 'probable cause' instead of a 'reasonable belief', and the reporting destination was expanded to include both United States immigration and customs enforcement and United States customs and border protection. The penalty provision for violations was removed entirely.

Scope change

The bill's applicability remains the same for peace officers in criminal justice agencies or political subdivisions, but the threshold for reporting was raised from a subjective 'reasonable belief' to an objective 'probable cause' standard.

REQUIREMENT

The standard for reporting undocumented immigrants was changed from 'reasonable belief' to 'probable cause', making the requirement stricter and harder to trigger.

ENFORCEMENT

The penalty for violating the reporting requirement was removed entirely from the text.

TECHNICAL

The bill section number was updated from 25.0127.01000 to 25.0127.02000 to reflect the first engrossment version.

DEFINITION

The reporting destination was expanded to include both United States immigration and customs enforcement and United States customs and border protection.

Floor votes · House Feb 7, 2025

How they voted

40–49

Failed · 3 other

Total votes 92

Feb 7, 2025

D Democratic11

11 Nay

100% Nay

R Republican81

40 Yea 38 Nay 3

49% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Feb 7, 2025

Vote failed

House Vote: fail (40-49-3)

house

Feb 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

Amendment adopted, placed on calendar

lower

Feb 5, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 3 0

lower

Feb 3, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee Hearing 11:00

lower

Jan 20, 2025

Introduced

Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee

lower

1 primary · 8 co-sponsors