---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a teacher shortage loan forgiveness program administered by the superintendent of public instruction; to amend and reenact section 15.1‑02‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duties of the superintendent of public instruction; to repeal section 15‑10‑38 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a teacher shortage loan forgiveness program administered by the state board of higher education; to provide for a transfer; to provide an exemption; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date."
description: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a teacher shortage loan forgiveness program administered by the superintendent of public instruction; to amend and reenact section 15.1‑02‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duties of the superintendent of public instruction; to repeal section 15‑10‑38 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a teacher shortage loan forgiveness program administered by the state board of higher education; to provide for a transfer; to provide an exemption; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "66"
identifier: "HB 1429"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1429 (66)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BANKS AND BANKING - SEE ALSO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS", "BOARD OF HIGHER EDUCATION - SEE ALSO HIGHER EDUCATION", "SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION", "TEACHERS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["D. Johnson", "Pyle", "Sanford", "Schreiber-Beck"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-01-14"
last_action: "2019-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38dddb63-e197-45de-ae5c-4854e6e65a76"
source_url: "http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/bill-actions/ba1429.html"
source_hash: "1429a7455876599b154f7aaa806bcac0e411f0cef5b312340a4bd633424944c9"
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 1429 (66) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15.1‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a teacher shortage loan forgiveness program administered by the superintendent of public instruction; to amend and reenact section 15.1‑02‑04 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the duties of the superintendent of public instruction; to repeal section 15‑10‑38 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a teacher shortage loan forgiveness program administered by the state board of higher education; to provide for a transfer; to provide an exemption; to provide an effective date; and to provide an expiration date.

## 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/19-1048-01000.pdf)
2. **Adopted by the Senate Education Committee** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1048-02003a.pdf)
3. **Adopted by the Senate Education Committee (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1048-02003m.pdf)
4. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1048-05000.pdf)
5. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1048-02000.pdf)
6. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Conference Committee Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1048-04000.pdf)
7. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1048-03000.pdf)
8. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Owens** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1048-02005a.pdf)
9. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Owens (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1048-02005m.pdf)
10. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Schreiber-Beck** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1048-01001a.pdf)
11. **Prepared by the Legislative Council staff for Representative Schreiber-Beck (Marked Up)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/66-2019/documents/19-1048-01001m.pdf)

## Sponsors

- D. Johnson — primary (person)
- Pyle — primary (person)
- Sanford — primary (person)
- Schreiber-Beck — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-14** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2019-01-29** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2019-01-31** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 12 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-01** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-02-06** Second reading, passed, yeas 82 nays 10 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-02-07** Received from House
- **2019-02-18** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2019-03-11** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2019-03-20** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-21** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2019-03-21** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-03-22** Returned to House (12)
- **2019-04-01** Refused to concur
- **2019-04-01** Conference committee appointed Owens Heinert Guggisberg
- **2019-04-03** Conference committee appointed Schaible Elkin Oban
- **2019-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-24** Second reading, passed, yeas 83 nays 10 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-24** Reported back from conference committee, amend, placed on calendar `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-24** Conference committee report adopted
- **2019-04-24** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `reading-2, passage`
- **2019-04-25** Signed by President
- **2019-04-26** Signed by Speaker
- **2019-04-26** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor 05/01 `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-07** Filed with Secretary Of State 05/02 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38dddb63-e197-45de-ae5c-4854e6e65a76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).