---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54‑52‑01, 54‑52‑02.1, and 54‑52‑06.3 and subsections 3 and 4 of section 54‑52‑17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a public employee retirement plan for firefighters."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54‑52‑01, 54‑52‑02.1, and 54‑52‑06.3 and subsections 3 and 4 of section 54‑52‑17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a public employee retirement plan for firefighters."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1148"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1148 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIREFIGHTERS", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC", "POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS - SEE ALSO CITIES; COUNTIES; TOWNSHIPS", "PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM", "RETIREMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Maragos", "Porter", "Toman"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-03"
last_action: "2017-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5794088f-eae2-4594-9ce0-1701b2498908"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1148.html"
source_hash: "f02459701cdd84cb29b625736ee9aa4485a38869aad2a7725cb5e6a426ee0434"
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 1148 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 54‑52‑01, 54‑52‑02.1, and 54‑52‑06.3 and subsections 3 and 4 of section 54‑52‑17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a public employee retirement plan for firefighters.

## 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/17-0109-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0109-02000.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 85 YEAS, 6 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 3 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **85–6** (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

- Cook — primary (person)
- Maragos — primary (person)
- Porter — primary (person)
- Toman — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-13** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-01-13** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 85 nays 6 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-17** Received from House
- **2017-02-17** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-03** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-03-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-13** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-14** Returned to House
- **2017-03-15** Signed by President
- **2017-03-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-22** Signed by Governor 03/21 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/22 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5794088f-eae2-4594-9ce0-1701b2498908`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).