---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 43‑55‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to professional employer organization bonding requirements."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 43‑55‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to professional employer organization bonding requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "65"
identifier: "HB 1237"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1237 (65)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BONDS", "OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS - SEE ALSO CONT. ED. & SPECIF. TOPIC", "SECRETARY OF STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burckhard", "Owens"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-09"
last_action: "2017-03-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/98e67acc-0f9f-4f14-a336-a7fec8ea48f7"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/bill-actions/ba1237.html"
source_hash: "70b7ece30448dec61f0de553674ecea67c96e79a0f42f631fdddd7cc30508205"
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 1237 (65) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 43‑55‑05 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to professional employer organization bonding requirements.

## 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/17-0400-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0400-03000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0400-02000.pdf)
4. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Johnson** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0400-01003a.pdf)
5. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Johnson (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/65-2017/documents/17-0400-01003m.pdf)

## Votes

- The question being on the final passage of the amended bill, which has been read, and has committee recommendation of DO PASS, the roll was called and there were 94 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 0 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **94–0** (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 46 YEAS, 0 NAYS, 0 EXCUSED, 1 ABSENT AND NOT VOTING. — **46–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burckhard — primary (person)
- Owens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2017-01-17** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-01-24** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 13 0 1 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-01-25** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2017-01-30** Second reading, passed, yeas 94 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-02-20** Received from House
- **2017-02-20** Introduced, first reading, referred Industry, Business and Labor Committee `introduction`
- **2017-03-14** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2017-03-15** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-03-17** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2017-03-20** Returned to House
- **2017-03-21** Signed by President
- **2017-03-22** Signed by Speaker
- **2017-03-22** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2017-03-24** Signed by Governor 03/24 `executive-signature`
- **2017-03-27** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/24 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/98e67acc-0f9f-4f14-a336-a7fec8ea48f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).