---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 12 of section 54-52-01, section 54-52-06.4, subsection 3 of section 54-52-17, and subsection 4 of section 54-52-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a public employees retirement system retirement plan for peace officers; and to provide for a legislative management study."
description: "Relating to a public employees retirement system retirement plan for peace officers; and to provide for a legislative management study."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1183"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1183 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Todd Porter"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/709d35bb-9617-4b23-a064-45a2c749dd76"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "2f3735612a9b6536688c667c8dfa8adf63756f0ec5e4cbfdadbe0339c7a8c4a7"
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 1183 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact subsection 12 of section 54-52-01, section 54-52-06.4, subsection 3 of section 54-52-17, and subsection 4 of section 54-52-17 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to a public employees retirement system retirement plan for peace officers; and to provide for a legislative management study.

Relating to a public employees retirement system retirement plan for peace officers; and to provide for a legislative management study.

## 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/23-0008-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0008-03000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1183 — **87–5** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1183 — **84–7** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1183 — **32–14** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Todd Porter — primary (person)
- Austen Schauer — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Diane Larson — cosponsor (person)
- Jason Dockter — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Karen Karls — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Axtman — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Motschenbacher — cosponsor (person)
- Mitch Ostlie — cosponsor (person)
- Pat D. Heinert — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Louser — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Government and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-20** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-02-02** Committee Hearing 11:00
- **2023-02-03** Reported back, do pass 10 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-03** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-02-14** Committee Hearing 04:00
- **2023-02-16** Committee Hearing 10:41
- **2023-02-17** Committee Hearing 10:30
- **2023-02-17** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 21 1 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-22** Second reading, passed, yeas 84 nays 7 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred State and Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-10** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2023-03-16** Committee Hearing 11:10
- **2023-03-24** Committee Hearing 10:36
- **2023-03-24** Committee Hearing 10:54
- **2023-03-27** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 4 2 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Amendment adopted
- **2023-03-28** Rereferred to Appropriations
- **2023-03-30** Committee Hearing 08:30
- **2023-04-05** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-04-07** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-04-10** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 13 2 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 32 nays 14 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-12** Concurred
- **2023-04-12** Second reading, passed, yeas 87 nays 5 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by President
- **2023-04-17** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-17** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Governor 04/18 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-20** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/18 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/709d35bb-9617-4b23-a064-45a2c749dd76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).