---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15-39.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an exception to membership in the teachers' fund for retirement for retired military personnel."
description: "Relating to an exception to membership in the teachers' fund for retirement for retired military personnel."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1150"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1150 (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: "2023-03-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d0139ea-624b-439e-bcc8-45022e70c15a"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "51d2e3840a5d45a9b84f7b89b2d7706ed9cf3aec64cb34b05084cc631031b8b4"
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 1150 (68) — AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 15-39.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to an exception to membership in the teachers' fund for retirement for retired military personnel.

Relating to an exception to membership in the teachers' fund for retirement for retired military personnel.

## 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/23-0016-02000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0016-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1150 — **27–18** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1150 — **54–37** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Paul J. Thomas — primary (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Brandy Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — cosponsor (person)
- David Richter — cosponsor (person)
- Donald Schaible — cosponsor (person)
- Emily O'Brien — cosponsor (person)
- Matthew Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Shawn Vedaa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 03:18
- **2023-01-18** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 10 4 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-01-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 54 nays 37 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-20** Received from House
- **2023-02-13** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-03-10** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-03-10** Reported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-unfavorable`
- **2023-03-14** Second reading, passed, yeas 27 nays 18 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-15** Returned to House
- **2023-03-20** Signed by President
- **2023-03-21** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-21** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by Governor 03/23 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-24** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/23 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d0139ea-624b-439e-bcc8-45022e70c15a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).