An act to amend and reenact section 1-03-13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to changing the name of First Nations Day to Indigenous Peoples Day., the official text

Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
HOUSE BILL NO. 1545 (Representatives Finley-DeVille, Brown, Davis, Dobervich, Holle)
(Senators Marcellais, Mathern, Walen)
AN ACT to amend and reenact section 1-03-13 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to changing the name of First Nations Day to Indigenous Peoples Day.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. AMENDMENT. Section 1-03-13 of the North Dakota Century Code is amended and
reenacted as follows: 1-03-13. First NationsIndigenous Peoples Day. To recognize the indigenous peoples of the State of North Dakota and their contributions to the
state and to the United States, the governor shall issue a proclamation each year designating the Friday before the second Monday in October as First NationsIndigenous Peoples Day.

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____________________________ Speaker of the House

____________________________ President of the Senate

____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

____________________________ Secretary of the Senate

This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1545.

House Vote: Senate Vote:

Yeas 88 Yeas 46

Nays 1 Nays 0

Absent 5 Absent 1

____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House
Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025. Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.

____________________________ Governor
Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025, at ________ o’clock ________M.

____________________________ Secretary of State