North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly
North Dakota HB1178: 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.
Status: Signed into law, March 19, 2025
Relating to school districts allowing students to leave campus to vote in elections.
What the bill says
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.
From the enrolled text, March 12, 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. SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 15.1-07 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted as follows: School districts - Policy - Voting. Each school district shall adopt a policy allowing a student who is a qualified elector to leave campus to vote in a general, special, or primary election. The policy may include conditions for the student's absence, including a limitation on the length of time the student may be absent or a designated time to vote. H. B. NO. 1178 - PAGE 2 ____________________________ ____________________________ Speaker of the House President of the Senate ____________________________ ____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1178. House Vote: Yeas 86 Nays 1 Absent 7 Senate Vote: Yeas 24 Nays 23 Absent 0 ____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025. Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025. ____________________________ Governor Filed in this office this ___________day of …
Sponsors
- Anna Novak (R, 33) · primary sponsor
- Keith Boehm (R, 33)
- Claire Cory (R, 42)
- Lauriebeth Hager (D, 21)
- Tim Mathern (D, 11)
- Eric Murphy (R, 43)
- Jeremy Olson (R, 26)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck (R, 25)
- Steve Swiontek (R, 10)
Latest actions
- : Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14
- : Signed by Governor 03/14
- : Sent to Governor
- : Signed by Speaker
- : Signed by President
- : Returned to House
- : Second reading, passed, yeas 24 nays 23
- : Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 6 0 0
- : Committee Hearing 01:30
- : Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee
Votes
- Final Passage (March 7, 2025): 24 yea, 23 nay, passed
- Final Passage (January 21, 2025): 86 yea, 1 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB1178?
- HB1178 is a bill in the North Dakota Legislature (69th Legislative Assembly): 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.
- What does HB1178 do?
- In its own words: 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.
- What is the status of HB1178?
- Signed into law as of March 19, 2025. Latest action: Filed with Secretary Of State 03/14 (March 19, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1178?
- Anna Novak (R, 33), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1178?
- On the North Dakota Legislature website: https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1178.html
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