---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the removal of township officers; and to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 44‑08‑21 and section 58‑04‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the removal of township officers."
description: "Relating to the removal of township officers; and to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 44‑08‑21 and section 58‑04‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the removal of township officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "67"
identifier: "HB 1170"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1170 (67)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 2
action_count: 15
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-01-08"
last_action: "2021-03-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33428a07-2bad-4179-9cfc-655271c08918"
source_url: "http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/bill-overview/bo1170.html"
source_hash: "64d853e1f69d97e78fd578108ef4362cbf89f630a2914c84191171042c343a4e"
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 1170 (67) — Relating to the removal of township officers; and to amend and reenact subsection 1 of section 44‑08‑21 and section 58‑04‑02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the removal of township officers.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0666-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/67-2021/regular/documents/21-0666-02000.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Hagert — cosponsor (person)
- Nehring — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-08** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2021-01-21** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2021-01-22** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 3 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-01-28** Second reading, passed, yeas 89 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-01-29** Received from House
- **2021-02-16** Introduced, first reading, referred Political Subdivisions Committee `introduction`
- **2021-03-04** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2021-03-04** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 7 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-05** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2021-03-08** Returned to House
- **2021-03-09** Signed by President
- **2021-03-10** Signed by Speaker
- **2021-03-10** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-03-15** Signed by Governor 03/15 `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-16** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33428a07-2bad-4179-9cfc-655271c08918`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).