---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding the impact of the North Dakota high school activities association on students."
description: "AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding the impact of the North Dakota high school activities association on students."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1149"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1149 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Paul J. Thomas"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ceadf90-5c4d-480b-9570-fbbbc18a5d5a"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "ca06eaeaa566ec5579b825cfbfd0366b5e5358ba3e2b31c530f5fd80c13f16a4"
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 1149 (68) — AN ACT to provide for a legislative management study regarding the impact of the North Dakota high school activities association on students.

## Version chain

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

1. **INTRODUCED** (filed) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0537-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0537-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1149 — **36–11** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1149 — **92–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul J. Thomas — primary (person)
- Bob Paulson — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Steve Vetter — cosponsor (person)
- Todd Porter — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-25** Committee Hearing 02:00
- **2023-02-07** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-02-07** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-09** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 1 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-02-10** Received from House
- **2023-02-15** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-20** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-21** Committee Hearing 03:00
- **2023-03-21** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 6 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 36 nays 11 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-24** Returned to House
- **2023-03-27** Signed by President
- **2023-03-28** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-28** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-31** Signed by Governor 03/30 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-04** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/03 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ceadf90-5c4d-480b-9570-fbbbc18a5d5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).