---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 15-19-01 and section 15.1-22-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to services provided by the center for distance education."
description: "Relating to services provided by the center for distance education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1156"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1156 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cynthia Schreiber-Beck"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 20
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-03"
last_action: "2023-04-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfd38d23-4a40-4737-8720-2b6c864331f7"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "a5a0fb27a95702168ce071a85bcde3fb95654bf8b8fd6f6eba7cd69305e7d438"
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 1156 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 3 of section 15-19-01 and section 15.1-22-01 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to services provided by the center for distance education.

Relating to services provided by the center for distance education.

## 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/23-0435-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0435-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1156 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1156 — **86–5** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1156 — **86–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cynthia Schreiber-Beck — primary (person)
- Brandy Pyle — cosponsor (person)
- Curt Kreun — cosponsor (person)
- David S. Rust — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Donald W. Longmuir — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Jonas — cosponsor (person)
- Kathy Hogan — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Cleary — 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 03:30
- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 03:08
- **2023-01-18** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-19** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-20** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-01** Committee Hearing 01:00
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 03:30
- **2023-03-07** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-08** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-09** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-10** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-03** Concurred
- **2023-04-03** Second reading, passed, yeas 86 nays 4 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-07** Signed by President
- **2023-04-07** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-07** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Signed by Governor 04/11 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-14** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/12 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfd38d23-4a40-4737-8720-2b6c864331f7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).