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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the exempt status of records related to petitions in possession of the secretary of state."
+description: "Relating to the exempt status of records related to petitions in possession of the secretary of state."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
+legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
+session: "69"
+identifier: "HB 1158"
+citation: "North Dakota HB 1158 (69)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gregory Stemen"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-07"
+last_action: "2025-03-31"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/42f7b18c-bca4-47db-b299-79b7c6566fdb"
+source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
+source_hash: "f3e466cd1f2dee899103072890cb589340b3a536095c691c3b30ba9113ac1c24"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nd"]
+---
+
+# North Dakota HB 1158 (69) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44-04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the exempt status of records related to petitions in possession of the secretary of state.
+
+Relating to the exempt status of records related to petitions in possession of the secretary of state.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0419-01000.pdf)
+2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-0419-02000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1158 — **90–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1158 — **45–1** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gregory Stemen — primary (person)
+- Brandy L. Pyle — cosponsor (person)
+- Jared C. Hagert — cosponsor (person)
+- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
+- Jerry Klein — cosponsor (person)
+- Kristin Roers — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Berg — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)
+- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-07** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
+- **2025-01-16** Committee Hearing 02:45
+- **2025-01-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 12 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-01-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2025-01-20** Received from House
+- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
+- **2025-03-13** Committee Hearing 10:45
+- **2025-03-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2025-03-19** Returned to House
+- **2025-03-24** Signed by President
+- **2025-03-25** Signed by Speaker
+- **2025-03-25** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-03-28** Signed by Governor 03/26 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-03-31** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/27 `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/42f7b18c-bca4-47db-b299-79b7c6566fdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).
+