---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact section 44‑04‑18.29 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to confidentiality of records received by the board of university and school lands; and to provide a penalty."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact section 44‑04‑18.29 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to confidentiality of records received by the board of university and school lands; and to provide a penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1392"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1392 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BOARD OF UNIVERSITY AND SCHOOL LANDS", "OPEN RECORDS", "STATE LANDS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bekkedahl", "Dockter", "Nathe", "Westlind", "Zubke"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 16
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-11"
last_action: "2019-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1c90c83-6aec-4c54-b70c-ad3f43bf818c"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1392.html"
source_hash: "361c825aa7214394e41e52112917399ce56b844e1aa15f941543d4fde06eb689"
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 1392 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact section 44‑04‑18.29 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to confidentiality of records received by the board of university and school lands; and to provide a penalty.

## 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/19-0990-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0990-01001a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0990-01001m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0990-03000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-0990-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Bekkedahl — primary (person)
- Dockter — primary (person)
- Nathe — primary (person)
- Westlind — primary (person)
- Zubke — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-11** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Committee Hearing 02:15
- **2019-02-04** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-05** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-08** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 2 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-11** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2019-02-28** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2019-03-14** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-15** Second reading, passed, yeas 45 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-18** Returned to House
- **2019-03-19** Signed by President
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-03-20** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-03-22** Signed by Governor 03/21 `executive-signature`
- **2019-03-25** 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/a1c90c83-6aec-4c54-b70c-ad3f43bf818c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).