---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54‑59‑20 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history background checks for contract employees of the information technology department."
description: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54‑59‑20 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history background checks for contract employees of the information technology department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1080"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1080 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPUTERS - SEE ALSO INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT", "CRIMES - SEE ALSO PENALTIES", "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT", "LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT - SEE ALSO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES; STATE EMPLOY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Judiciary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f88a0829-76be-466f-9624-70304b76cb56"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1080.html"
source_hash: "bfb00bb5771696c860d081fef0f375834c4cac5c27b54141cd86adf1815969d1"
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 1080 (66) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 54‑59‑20 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to criminal history background checks for contract employees of the information technology department.

## 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/19-8038-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8038-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8038-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8038-03000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-8038-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Judiciary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Committee Hearing 10:45
- **2019-01-14** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 9 5 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-15** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-01-16** Second reading, passed, yeas 68 nays 24 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-17** Received from House
- **2019-01-28** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-12** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2019-02-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Second reading, passed, yeas 42 nays 3 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-28** Returned to House
- **2019-03-01** Signed by President
- **2019-03-04** 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/f88a0829-76be-466f-9624-70304b76cb56`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).