HB 1138 North Dakota House · 69th Legislative Assembly (2025-26)

AN ACT to amend and reenact section 21-03-11 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to bonding elections.

HB 1138 amends North Dakota's bonding election procedures by extending the required waiting period before a municipal bond election can be held. It changes the timeframe from a minimum of 26 days to 64 days after the governing body passes a bond resolution or a petition is filed by residents. This directly affects North Dakota municipalities planning to seek voter approval for infrastructure projects like roads or public facilities. The bill does not alter bond purposes or funding levels, only the timing of the election process.

Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Jan 2025

Committee Review

Mar 2025

House Passage

Jan 2025

Senate Passage

Mar 2025

Signed into Law

Mar 2025

Introduced Jan 7, 2025 Signed Mar 28, 2025

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INTRODUCED → Enrollment · 7 edits

MODERATE

This bill amends North Dakota Century Code section 21-03-11 regarding bonding elections, updating formatting and correcting text errors in the original draft. The substantive content of the election procedures remains unchanged, though the document structure was modernized to include proper legislative assembly headers, sponsor information, and certification language.

Scope change

No substantive change to the scope or applicability of the bill; the amendment affects the same municipalities and election procedures as before.

TECHNICAL

Updated document header to include 'Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota' and 'Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025' with proper formatting.

Added sponsor information listing Representatives Pyle, Schreiber-Beck, Warrey and Senators Axtman, Schaible.

Corrected text errors in subsection 1 where 'submittingsubmit' was changed to 'submit' and 'approvedfor approval' was changed to 'approved'.

Corrected text error in subsection 2 where 'twentysixty-four' was changed to 'sixty-four' and 'in the filing date' was changed to 'filing date'.

Corrected text error in subsection 2 where 'by thefiled by' was changed to 'filed by'.

Corrected text error in subsection 4 where 'thereofmust be made and canvassed as in the case ofin the same manner' was changed to 'thereof must be made and canvassed in the same manner'.

Added certification language confirming the bill originated in the House of Representatives and includes vote tallies from both chambers.

Floor votes · Senate Mar 18, 2025 · House Jan 17, 2025

How they voted

44–2

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 47

Mar 18, 2025

D Democratic5

4 Yea 1 Nay

80% Yea

R Republican42

40 Yea 1 Nay 1

95% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Mar 31, 2025

Introduced

Filed with Secretary Of State 03/27

legislature

Mar 28, 2025

Signed into law

Signed by Governor 03/26

lower

Mar 18, 2025

Upper · Passed

Second reading, passed, yeas 44 nays 2

upper

Mar 14, 2025

Upper · Passed

Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0

upper

Mar 13, 2025

Upper · Passed

Committee Hearing 11:15

upper

Feb 13, 2025

Introduced

Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee

upper

Jan 17, 2025

Lower · Passed

Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 0 2

lower

Jan 16, 2025

Lower · Passed

Committee Hearing 09:00

lower

Jan 7, 2025

Introduced

Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee

lower

0 primary · 4 co-sponsors