---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 16.1‑05‑01 and subsection 4 of section 16.1‑05‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to part-time appointment of election workers and required presence at polling places."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 16.1‑05‑01 and subsection 4 of section 16.1‑05‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to part-time appointment of election workers and required presence at polling places."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1059"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1059 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTIES - SEE ALSO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "COUNTIES - SEE ALSO COUNTY COMMISSIONERS", "ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS", "SECRETARY OF STATE", "SECRETARY OF STATE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["K. Roers", "Meyer", "Pyle", "Roers Jones", "Schreiber-Beck"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf590960-caf6-44b2-b87f-6072bf5cda0e"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1059.html"
source_hash: "825c997a902592964239b17d4f4fc5fb6c32cdf80dbeb1bbccbe60bfe89aef6a"
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 1059 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 16.1‑05‑01 and subsection 4 of section 16.1‑05‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to part-time appointment of election workers and required presence at polling places.

## 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/66-2019/documents/19-0467-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0467-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- K. Roers — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Pyle — primary (person)
- Roers Jones — primary (person)
- Schreiber-Beck — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-04** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-01-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-09** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-02-28** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-01** Second reading, passed, yeas 43 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-04** Returned to House
- **2019-03-05** Signed by President
- **2019-03-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-11** Signed by Governor 03/08 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/08 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf590960-caf6-44b2-b87f-6072bf5cda0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).