THE POLICY LANDSCAPE
Rights, restrictions & the places between.
ND HB1205 (2023)
Prohibiting public libraries from maintaining explicit sexual material; to provide for a legislative management report; and to provide for application.
Anti-LGBTQ+
- Jurisdiction
- North Dakota
- Session
- 68th Legislative Assembly
- Stage reported
- Passed / adopted
- First recorded action
- Latest action
- : Filed with Secretary Of State 04/26
- Record retrieved
Bill types
As labelled in the project's tracker.
Censorship: Book Ban: Public Libraries
Links
- As introduced (PDF, hosted here)
- As enrolled or final (PDF, hosted here)
- LegiScan record(opens another site)
- Official legislature page(opens another site)
- Introduced text (Jan 9, 2023) at ndlegis.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Engrossed text (Feb 14, 2023) at ndlegis.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Amended text (Mar 28, 2023) at ndlegis.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Enrolled text (Apr 24, 2023) at ndlegis.gov(opens another site)PDF, external
- Bill page on this site
Recorded actions
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| House | Introduced, first reading, referred to Judiciary | |
| House | Committee Hearing 09:30 | |
| House | Committee Hearing 03:48 | |
| House | Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 10 3 0 | |
| House | Amendment adopted, placed on calendar | |
| House | Second reading, passed, yeas 65 nays 28 | |
| Senate | Received from House | |
| Senate | Introduced, first reading, referred to Judiciary | |
| Senate | Committee Hearing 10:00 | |
| Senate | Committee Hearing 11:57 | |
| Senate | Committee Hearing 09:07 | |
| Senate | Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 | |
| Senate | Amendment adopted, placed on calendar | |
| Senate | Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 39 nays 7 | |
| House | Returned to House (12) | |
| House | Laid over one legislative day | |
| House | Concurred | |
| House | Second reading, passed, yeas 70 nays 22 | |
| Senate | Signed by President | |
| House | Signed by Speaker | |
| House | Sent to Governor | |
| House | Signed by Governor 04/25 | |
| House | Filed with Secretary Of State 04/26 |
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