---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-09-33.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the authority of a school district to pay signing bonuses."
description: "Relating to the authority of a school district to pay signing bonuses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1187"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1187 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Louser"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 17
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9abb893a-3ff3-4ab1-baf6-20ea0343cdfa"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "d796b98995d278a4d74a69f4456b8ad87992e5f6fc1430e29c9bb03c99a0c1d5"
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 1187 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 15.1-09-33.1 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the authority of a school district to pay signing bonuses.

Relating to the authority of a school district to pay signing bonuses.

## 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/23-0566-01000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0566-02000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1187 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1187 — **90–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott Louser — primary (person)
- Anna S. Novak — cosponsor (person)
- Clayton Fegley — cosponsor (person)
- Corey Mock — cosponsor (person)
- Donald W. Longmuir — cosponsor (person)
- Jay Elkin — cosponsor (person)
- Jeff A. Hoverson — cosponsor (person)
- Lori VanWinkle — cosponsor (person)
- Paul J. Thomas — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-01-17** Committee Hearing 03:38
- **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 90 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-20** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Education Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Committee Hearing 02:45
- **2023-03-08** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-03-09** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-10** Second reading, passed, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** Returned to House
- **2023-03-14** Signed by President
- **2023-03-15** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-15** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-17** Signed by Governor 03/15 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/16 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9abb893a-3ff3-4ab1-baf6-20ea0343cdfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).