North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly
North Dakota HB1197: AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of correctional facilities.
Status: Signed into law, April 21, 2025
What the bill says
An act to provide for a legislative management study of correctional facilities.
From the enrolled text, April 14, 2025:
AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of correctional facilities. SECTION 1. LEGISLATIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY - CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. During the 2025-26 interim, the legislative management shall study jails and regional correctional centers, including their current and projected infrastructure needs, the costs and benefits of regional correctional facilities, the impacts of deferred admission, and the prioritization of inmates sentenced to the department of corrections and rehabilitation. The study must include input from representatives of counties with a population of seven thousand five hundred or more, representatives of counties with a population of fewer than seven thousand five hundred, representatives of local law enforcement officials, representatives of the department of corrections and rehabilitation, representatives of the office of management and budget, and representatives of the attorney general. The legislative management shall report its findings and recommendations, together with any legislation required to implement the recommendations, to the seventieth legislative assembly. H. B. NO. 1197 - 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. 1197. House Vote: Yeas 82 Nays 8 Absent 4 …
Sponsors
- Kathy Frelich (R, 15) · primary sponsor
- Karen Anderson (R, 19)
- Kyle Davison (R, 41)
- Larry Luick (R, 25)
- Tim Mathern (D, 11)
- Scott Meyer (R, 18)
- Alisa Mitskog (D, 25)
- David Monson (R, 19)
- Janne Myrdal (R, 19)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck (R, 25)
- Ronald Sorvaag (R, 45)
- Scott Wagner (R, 45)
Latest actions
- : Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16
- : Signed by Governor 04/16
- : Sent to Governor
- : Signed by Speaker
- : Signed by President
- : Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 8
- : Concurred
- : Returned to House (12)
- : Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 1
- : Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
Votes
- Final Passage (April 9, 2025): 82 yea, 8 nay, passed
- Final Passage (April 1, 2025): 45 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Final Passage (February 11, 2025): 70 yea, 17 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB1197?
- HB1197 is a bill in the North Dakota Legislature (69th Legislative Assembly): AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study of correctional facilities.
- What does HB1197 do?
- In its own words: An act to provide for a legislative management study of correctional facilities.
- What is the status of HB1197?
- Signed into law as of April 21, 2025. Latest action: Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 (April 21, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1197?
- Kathy Frelich (R, 15), with 11 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1197?
- On the North Dakota Legislature website: https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1197.html
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