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1-Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota
2-In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
3-HOUSE BILL NO. 1403
4-(Representatives Schneider, Brandenburg, Grueneich, D. Johnston, Klemin, Pyle, Davis, Hager)
5-(Senators Castaneda, Clemens, Dever, Marcellais)
6-AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating
7-to the designation of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Day as a state holiday.
1+25.0642.02000
2+Sixty-ninth
3+Legislative Assembly
4+of North Dakota
5+Introduced by
6+Representatives Schneider, Brandenburg, Grueneich, D. Johnston, Klemin, Pyle, Davis,
7+Hager
8+Senators Castaneda, Clemens, Dever, Marcellais
9+A BILL for an Act to create and enact a new section to chapter 1-03 of the North Dakota Century
10+Code, relating to the designation of Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Day as a state
11+holiday.
812 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA:
9-SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and
10-enacted as follows:
13+SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 1-03 of the North Dakota Century Code is created
14+and enacted as follows:
1115 Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Day.
1216 The third Friday in September of each year is Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Day. To
13-remember and honor the sacrifices of those who were held captive and returned, as well as those who
14-remain missing, the governor shall issue a proclamation each year designating the third Friday in
15-September as Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Day, a state holiday. This section may not be
16-interpreted to make Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Day a day on which schools and other
17-entities are required to close. H. B. NO. 1403 - PAGE 2
18-____________________________ ____________________________
19-Speaker of the House President of the Senate
20-____________________________ ____________________________
21-Chief Clerk of the House Secretary of the Senate
22-This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative
23-Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1403.
24-House Vote: Yeas 93 Nays 0 Absent 1
25-Senate Vote:Yeas 47 Nays 0 Absent 0
26-____________________________
27-Chief Clerk of the House
28-Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025.
29-Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.
30-____________________________
31-Governor
32-Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025,
33-at ________ o’clock ________M.
34-____________________________
35-Secretary of State
17+remember and honor the sacrifices of those who were held captive and returned, as well as
18+those who remain missing, the governor shall issue a proclamation each year designating the
19+third Friday in September as Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Day, a state holiday. This
20+section may not be interpreted to make Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Day a day on
21+which schools and other entities are required to close.
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