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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota House Bill 1196 Proposes Revisions to Criminal History Record Check Procedures and Authorized Entities
Last action · January 23, 2025: Withdrawn from further considerationSponsors: Jim Jonas and 5 others
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What This Bill Proposed
House Bill 1196 proposed updates to the North Dakota Century Code regarding statewide and nationwide criminal history record checks, specifying consent requirements, fingerprint submission protocols through the bureau of criminal investigation, and the list of state agencies and entities authorized to request background checks.
Determines which state agencies, local governing bodies, and licensing boards are authorized or required to run statewide and nationwide criminal history checks on applicants, employees, and licensees, establishing the procedural framework for handling fingerprint data and background information.
- House Bill 1196 was introduced during the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota in January 2025 and subsequently withdrawn from further consideration. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
applicants, employees, or petitioners for adoption or name change
Must provide written consent, fingerprints, and personal information for statewide and nationwide criminal history record checks.
bureau of criminal investigation
Acts as the sole source for receiving fingerprint submissions and responses from the federal bureau of investigation and disseminating background check results.
state agencies, licensing boards, and local governing bodies
Are authorized to request and receive criminal history record check results for specified occupations, licenses, and background investigations.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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This bill did not become law - Withdrawn.
Procedural history
3 actions- Jan 23, 2025HouseWithdrawn from further consideration
- Jan 23, 2025HouseCommitteeRequest return from committee
- Jan 10, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee
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Comprehensive Background Check Standardization
The bill details an extensive, codified list of dozens of state agencies, boards, and local entities authorized to conduct background checks through a centralized bureau of criminal investigation process.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 45)
- Controversy10Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz10Current news / social attention level
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