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Yes: 228 • No: 46
North DakotaHB 11442025 Regular SessionHouse
AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-06-21 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to transgender student accommodations and restroom use in public schools; to provide a penalty; and to declare an emergency.
Sponsored By: Bill Tveit (Republican)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
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Schools face stricter restroom access rules
North Dakota public schools must bar students from restrooms that do not match their biological sex. Shared school restrooms and shower rooms must be designated male-only or female-only, with use limited to that sex. Multi-stall gender-neutral restrooms and shower rooms are prohibited. Restrooms already in existence on July 1, 2025, are exempt from the shared-facility rule.
Parents can report violations; schools face penalties
Parents must first complain through their school district's process, then may contact North Dakota's attorney general if violations continue. After receiving that complaint, the attorney general must enforce these rules and may investigate using sworn questioning and subpoenas. The attorney general may seek court orders enforcing investigative demands, declaring violations, or stopping unlawful practices by boards, schools, or teachers. A court may impose a civil penalty of up to $2,500 for each violation. The act is declared an emergency measure.
Parents gain control over transgender policies
Unless another law requires otherwise, North Dakota public schools, districts, and teachers face two limits concerning a student's transgender status. They need the student's parent or legal guardian's approval before adopting policies or guidelines about that student's status. They also cannot withhold or hide information about that status from the parent or guardian.
Schools must plan separate restroom accommodations
North Dakota school district boards must create a separate-restroom accommodation plan for a transgender student. The student's parent or legal guardian must approve the plan. Exceptions to shared-facility rules preserve restroom use under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 504, and Americans with Disabilities Act. Public schools may also change a facility's sex designation for a school-sponsored event.
Schools cannot mandate or ban pronouns
North Dakota public school boards, schools, and teachers cannot require or forbid use of a student's preferred gender pronoun. This ban covers both written rules and unwritten guidelines. The law limits school policies; it does not itself require or forbid an individual's pronoun use.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Bill Tveit
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Dick Anderson
Republican • House
Kathy Frelich
Republican • House
Lawrence R. Klemin
Republican • House
Carrie McLeod
Republican • House
SuAnn Olson
Republican • House
Karen M. Rohr
Republican • House
Mike Schatz
Republican • House
David A. Clemens
Republican • Senate
Kent Weston
Republican • Senate
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/28/2025
Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 40 nays 7
Yes: 40 • No: 7
House vote • 4/28/2025
Second reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 14, Emergency clause carried
Yes: 75 • No: 14
Senate vote • 4/10/2025
Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 40 nays 7
Yes: 40 • No: 7
House vote • 2/7/2025
Second reading, passed, yeas 73 nays 18
Yes: 73 • No: 18
Actions Timeline
Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02
6/11/2025HouseSigned by Governor 05/01
5/2/2025HouseSent to Governor
5/1/2025HouseSigned by Speaker
5/1/2025HouseSigned by President
4/29/2025SenateEmergency clause carried
4/28/2025SenateSecond reading, passed as amended, yeas 40 nays 7
4/28/2025SenateConference committee report adopted
4/28/2025SenateReported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar
4/28/2025SenateSecond reading, passed, yeas 75 nays 14, Emergency clause carried
4/28/2025HouseConference committee report adopted
4/28/2025HouseReported back from conference committee, in place of, placed on calendar
4/25/2025HouseConference committee appointed Lemm Gerhardt Boschee
4/17/2025SenateConference committee appointed Rohr Frelich Fegley
4/15/2025HouseRefused to concur
4/15/2025HouseReturned to House (12)
4/10/2025HouseEmergency clause carried
4/10/2025SenateSecond reading, passed as amended, yeas 40 nays 7
4/10/2025SenateAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
4/10/2025SenateReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0
4/9/2025SenateCommittee Hearing 10:00
3/24/2025SenateIntroduced, first reading, referred Education Committee
2/13/2025SenateReceived from House
2/10/2025SenateSecond reading, passed, yeas 73 nays 18
2/7/2025HouseAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
2/6/2025House
Bill Text
Adopted by the Conference Committee
Adopted by the Senate Education Committee
Enrollment
FIRST ENGROSSMENT
FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments
FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments
INTRODUCED
Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Frelich
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