AN ACT to amend and reenact section 44‑04‑18.6 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to exempting records of communications between legislators and public employees from open records laws.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Apr 2019
Senate Passage
Apr 2019
House Passage
Mar 2019
Signed into Law
Apr 2019
Introduced Jan 11, 2019
Signed Apr 24, 2019
Floor votes · Senate Feb 18, 2019 · House Mar 29, 2019
How they voted
30–17
Passed
Total votes 47
Feb 18, 2019
D
Democratic10
100% Yea
R
Republican37
54% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
13
Committee
9
Apr 25, 2019
Introduced
Filed with Secretary Of State 04/24
upper
Apr 24, 2019
Signed into law
Signed by Governor 04/24
upper
Apr 19, 2019
Lower · Passed
Conference committee report adopted
lower
Apr 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Conference committee report adopted
upper
Apr 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported back from conference committee, placed on calendar (Senate accede)
upper
Apr 9, 2019
Lower · Passed
Conference committee appointed Steiner Rohr Laning
lower
Apr 2, 2019
Upper · Passed
Conference committee appointed K. Roers Meyer Oban
upper
Mar 29, 2019
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (82-5-7)
house
Mar 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
lower
Mar 25, 2019
Lower · Passed
Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 11 1 2
lower
Mar 8, 2019
Lower · Passed
Committee Hearing 08:30
lower
Feb 27, 2019
Introduced
Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
lower
Feb 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
upper
Feb 18, 2019
Upper · Passed
Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0
upper
Feb 8, 2019
Upper · Passed
Committee Hearing 09:00
upper
Jan 11, 2019
Introduced
Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee
upper
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Mike Schatz
RRepublican
P
Shannon Roers Jones
RRepublican
P
Tim Mathern
DDemocratic
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