---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact section 37-01-25 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to leave of absence without loss of pay for military duties."
description: "Relating to leave of absence without loss of pay for military duties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1193"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1193 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brandy Pyle"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 16
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/76f8b400-1a00-4dc0-935c-6177e7a1a4a6"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "158e3d495728f43b87ecf1377a1e916f296c1204083ec150173f5c8baadc37ff"
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 1193 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact section 37-01-25 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to leave of absence without loss of pay for military duties.

Relating to leave of absence without loss of pay for military duties.

## 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/23-0165-04000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0165-05000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1193 — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1193 — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brandy Pyle — primary (person)
- Brad Bekkedahl — cosponsor (person)
- Claire Cory — cosponsor (person)
- Dale Patten — cosponsor (person)
- Jeremy Olson — cosponsor (person)
- Jonathan Warrey — cosponsor (person)
- Michael A. Wobbema — cosponsor (person)
- Scott Meyer — cosponsor (person)
- Shannon Roers Jones — 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`
- **2023-01-19** Committee Hearing 09:00
- **2023-01-19** Committee Hearing 03:25
- **2023-01-20** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 11 0 2 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-01-23** Second reading, passed, yeas 92 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-01-24** Received from House
- **2023-02-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Agriculture and Veterans Affairs Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-02** Committee Hearing 12:30
- **2023-03-06** Reported back, do pass, place on calendar 5 0 1 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-07** Second reading, passed, yeas 47 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-08** Returned to House
- **2023-03-09** Signed by President
- **2023-03-09** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-03-14** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-03-16** Signed by Governor 03/15 `executive-signature`
- **2023-03-23** Filed with Secretary Of State 03/15 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/76f8b400-1a00-4dc0-935c-6177e7a1a4a6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).