---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subdivision m of subsection 2 of section 12‑60‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to completion of criminal background checks of employees and contractors of job service North Dakota; and to declare an emergency."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subdivision m of subsection 2 of section 12‑60‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to completion of criminal background checks of employees and contractors of job service North Dakota; and to declare an emergency."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1132"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1132 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "EMERGENCY CLAUSE", "JOB SERVICE NORTH DAKOTA - SEE ALSO UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Business and Labor", "Industry"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-03-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2565342c-34d5-4a9c-88fd-6965ecba9acd"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1132.html"
source_hash: "a52d435be90faaa06777b2c4b8a94fa7dd1202d961f446f1a010ae41f2e22c1d"
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 1132 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subdivision m of subsection 2 of section 12‑60‑24 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to completion of criminal background checks of employees and contractors of job service North Dakota; and to declare an emergency.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8091-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-8091-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 91 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- The question being on the final passage of the bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 45 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 2 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **45–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Business and Labor — primary (person)
- Industry — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-03** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-09** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2017-01-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-02** Received from House
- **2017-02-02** Introduced, first reading, (emergency), referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2017-02-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0, Emergency clause carried `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-22** Returned to House
- **2017-02-23** Signed by President
- **2017-03-01** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-01** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-03** Signed by Governor 03/02 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-06** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2565342c-34d5-4a9c-88fd-6965ecba9acd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).