---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an exemption from open records laws for background interviews regarding law enforcement officer job applicants."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an exemption from open records laws for background interviews regarding law enforcement officer job applicants."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1132"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1132 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT - SEE ALSO PEACE OFFICERS", "OFFICES AND OFFICERS - SEE ALSO STATE EMPLOYEES", "OPEN RECORDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bosch", "Burckhard", "D. Larson", "Lefor", "Meier", "Wardner"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-03"
last_action: "2019-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c2c50f8d-3b24-48e5-b45e-77bea572ea72"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1132.html"
source_hash: "cebb764174348f3c13d8e288869dc85ce382e47685ec2a3a0355050bfa46e0ab"
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 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 44‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an exemption from open records laws for background interviews regarding law enforcement officer job applicants.

## 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/19-0269-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0269-03000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bosch — primary (person)
- Burckhard — primary (person)
- D. Larson — primary (person)
- Lefor — primary (person)
- Meier — primary (person)
- Wardner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-15** Committee Hearing 09:15
- **2019-01-16** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-18** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 2 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-01-21** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-05** Committee Hearing 09:30
- **2019-03-05** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 1 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-07** Returned to House
- **2019-03-08** Signed by President
- **2019-03-11** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-11** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-13** Signed by Governor 03/12 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/13 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c2c50f8d-3b24-48e5-b45e-77bea572ea72`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).