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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54-17.5-01, 54-17.5-02, 54-17.5-03, 54-17.5-04, and 54-17.5-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the appointments, operations, and powers of the lignite research council, the powers of the industrial commission, and public record exemptions."
+description: "Relating to the appointments, operations, and powers of the lignite research council, the powers of the industrial commission, and public record exemptions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
+legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
+session: "69"
+identifier: "HB 1592"
+citation: "North Dakota HB 1592 (69)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: []
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anna S. Novak"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 18
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-01-20"
+last_action: "2025-04-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64b88ce0-34d3-4cc5-bb00-a756ffccc068"
+source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/69-2025/data/bills.json"
+source_hash: "2d6ce76583cbdc01c026717bb5126b3f86fdaa8bd93540f1995cefd661f3feef"
+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 1592 (69) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54-17.5-01, 54-17.5-02, 54-17.5-03, 54-17.5-04, and 54-17.5-06 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the appointments, operations, and powers of the lignite research council, the powers of the industrial commission, and public record exemptions.
+
+Relating to the appointments, operations, and powers of the lignite research council, the powers of the industrial commission, and public record exemptions.
+
+## 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/25-1292-02000.pdf)
+2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/69-2025/regular/documents/25-1292-04000.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1592 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1592 — **45–1** (pass) · upper
+- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1592 — **88–3** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anna S. Novak — primary (person)
+- Bill Tveit — cosponsor (person)
+- Dick Anderson — cosponsor (person)
+- Greg Kessel — cosponsor (person)
+- Jeremy Olson — cosponsor (person)
+- Keith Boehm — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
+- **2025-02-06** Committee Hearing 09:00
+- **2025-02-06** Reported back, do pass, placed on consent calendar 10 0 3 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-02-11** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2025-02-12** Received from House
+- **2025-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred Energy and Natural Resources Committee `introduction`
+- **2025-03-06** Committee Hearing 03:00
+- **2025-03-28** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-31** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
+- **2025-04-01** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 45 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-02** Returned to House (12)
+- **2025-04-09** Concurred
+- **2025-04-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 88 nays 3 `passage, reading-2`
+- **2025-04-14** Signed by President
+- **2025-04-15** Signed by Speaker
+- **2025-04-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-18** Signed by Governor 04/16 `executive-signature`
+- **2025-04-21** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/16 `introduction`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64b88ce0-34d3-4cc5-bb00-a756ffccc068`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).
+