Proposed North Dakota Firearm Legislation
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Title: Criminal history record checks.
Description: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 12-60-24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history record checks.
Last Action: Withdrawn from further consideration
Last Action Date: January 23, 2025

Title: Producing a license to carry a concealed firearm upon request from a law enforcement officer; and to provide a penalty.
Description: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 62.1-04-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to producing a license to carry a concealed firearm upon request from a law enforcement officer; and to provide a penalty.
Last Action: Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 12 0 1
Last Action Date: February 20, 2025

Title: Possession of a firearm while on probation; and to provide for application.
Description: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 12.1-32-07 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to possession of a firearm while on probation; and to provide for application.
Last Action: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 26 nays 63
Last Action Date: February 17, 2025

Title: State contracts with certain companies that boycott energy, mining, and production agriculture; and to provide for application.
Description: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 54-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state contracts with certain companies that boycott energy, mining, and production agriculture; and to provide for application.
Last Action: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 12 nays 76
Last Action Date: January 31, 2025

Title: Self-defense and the unlawful possession of a firearm; and to provide a penalty.
Description: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact section 12.1-05-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to self-defense and the unlawful possession of a firearm; and to provide a penalty.
Last Action: Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 1 1
Last Action Date: February 20, 2025

Title: Dangerous weapons.
Description: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 62.1-01-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to dangerous weapons.
Last Action: Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 10 2 1
Last Action Date: February 20, 2025

Title: Possession of firearms or dangerous weapons at a church or place of worship.
Description: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 62.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exemption from liability for public and private entities; and to amend and reenact section 62.1-02-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to possession of firearms or dangerous weapons at a church or place of worship.
Last Action: Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 9 3 1
Last Action Date: February 20, 2025

Title: Possession of firearms or dangerous weapons at a school or school-sponsored event on school property.
Description: A BILL for an Act to create and enact two new sections to chapter 62.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exemption from liability for public and private entities and possession of firearms or dangerous weapons at a publicly owned or operated building; and to amend and reenact section 62.1-02-05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to possession of firearms or dangerous weapons at a school or school-sponsored event on school property.
Last Action: Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 10 2 1
Last Action Date: February 20, 2025

Title: State prohibition on extreme risk protection provisions; and to provide a penalty.
Description: A BILL for an Act to create and enact section 62.1-01-03.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to state prohibition on extreme risk protection provisions; and to provide a penalty.
Last Action: Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 9 3 1
Last Action Date: February 20, 2025

Title: Dangerous weapons, the possession of a firearm or dangerous weapon at a public gathering, and producing a concealed carry license upon request; and to provide a penalty.
Description: A BILL for an Act to create and enact two new sections to chapter 62.1-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to liability exemptions for public and private entities and the possession of a firearm or dangerous weapon at a publicly owned or operated building; to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 62.1-01-01 and sections 62.1-02-05 and 62.1-04-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to dangerous weapons, the possession of a firearm or dangerous weapon at a public gathering, and producing a concealed carry license upon request; and to provide a penalty.
Last Action: Committee Hearing 02:30
Last Action Date: February 6, 2025

Title: Delinquency; to provide an appropriation; and to provide a penalty.
Description: A BILL for an Act to create and enact three new sections to chapter 27-20.4 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to juvenile court petitions, fitness to proceed in juvenile court proceedings, and collateral consequences the juvenile court may order; to amend and reenact sections 12.1-04.1-01, 12.1-04.1-20, and 12.1-17-01.2, subsection 2 of section 12.1-17-07.2, section 12.1-20-01, subsections 2 and 6 of section 12.1-31-03, sections 12.1-32-15 and 15.1-09-33.4, subsection 3 of section 27-20.2-09, subsection 5 of section 27-20.4-11, subsection 1 of section 27-20.4-18, subsection 1 of section 27-20.4-20, and section 62.1-02-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to lack of criminal responsibility, court jurisdiction, distribution of intimate images without consent, domestic violence, criminality of a child regarding sex offenses, sale and use of tobacco by an individual under the age of twenty-one, child registration requirements, restitution, probation of a delinquent child, extracurricular activities for students, and persons not allowed to possess a firearm; to repeal sections 27-20.4-12, 27-20.4-13, and 27-20.4-19 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to delinquency; to provide an appropriation; and to provide a penalty.
Last Action: Introduced, first reading, referred to Judiciary
Last Action Date: February 18, 2025

Title: The commencement date of supervised probation if an alternative to incarceration is court ordered.
Description: A BILL for an Act to amend and reenact subsection 2 of section 12.1-32-06.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the commencement date of supervised probation if an alternative to incarceration is court ordered.
Last Action: Committee Hearing 11:30
Last Action Date: February 18, 2025

Title: Pesticide control.
Description: A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 4.1-33 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to pesticide certification standards; and to amend and reenact sections 4.1-33-01 and 4.1-33-03, subdivision b of subsection 1 of section 4.1-33-12, section 4.1-33-13, subsection 1 of section 4.1-33-16, and subsection 5 of section 4.1-33-20 of North Dakota Century Code, relating to pesticide control.
Last Action: Introduced, first reading, referred to Agriculture
Last Action Date: February 13, 2025