North Dakota legislation · 69th Legislative Assembly
North Dakota HB1527: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to required Holocaust education.
Status: Failed, April 11, 2025
Relating to required Holocaust education.
What the bill says
A bill for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to required Holocaust education.
From the engrossed text, February 24, 2025:
A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to required Holocaust education. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 15.1-21 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and enacted as follows: Holocaust education . 1. In this section: a. "Antisemitism" has the same meaning as the working definition of antisemitism adopted by the international holocaust remembrance alliance on May 26, 2016, including contemporary examples of antisemitism and incorporated by reference in presidential executive order number 13899, published on December 11, 2019. b. "Holocaust" means the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Third Reich and its allies and collaborators during World War II. 2. The world history course under section 15.1 - 21 - 02 must include the b. History of antisemitism and the Holocaust, including the Third Reich dictatorship, concentration camp system, persecution of Jews and non-Jews, Jewish and non - Jewish resistance, and post-World War II trials ; c. Impact of personal responsibility, civic engagement, and societal response in the context of the Holocaust; Page No. 1 25.0766.05000 Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly d. Connection between national, ethnic, racial, and religious intolerance and the subjects described in subdivisions a …
Sponsors
- Roger Maki (R, 26) · primary sponsor
- David Clemens (R, 16)
- Jeff Hoverson (R, 3)
- SuAnn Olson (R, 8)
- Doug Osowski (R, 42)
- Bob Paulson (R, 3)
- Bill Tveit (R, 33)
- Lori VanWinkle (R, 3)
- Kent Weston (R, 15)
Latest actions
- : Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 22 nays 24
- : Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 6 0 0
- : Committee Hearing 02:30
- : Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee
- : Received from House
- : Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 7
- : Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- : Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 1 1
- : Committee Hearing 09:00
- : Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee
Votes
- Final Passage (April 11, 2025): 22 yea, 24 nay, failed
- Final Passage (February 24, 2025): 85 yea, 7 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is HB1527?
- HB1527 is a bill in the North Dakota Legislature (69th Legislative Assembly): A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to required Holocaust education.
- What does HB1527 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to required Holocaust education.
- What is the status of HB1527?
- Failed as of April 11, 2025. Latest action: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 22 nays 24 (April 11, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1527?
- Roger Maki (R, 26), with 8 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1527?
- On the North Dakota Legislature website: https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/bill-overview/bo1527.html
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