---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 57-15-01 and 57-15-30.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to communication of property tax levies with the public and financial reporting to the state auditor; to provide for the tax commissioner to study property tax transparency; and to provide for a legislative management report."
description: "Relating to communication of property tax levies with the public and financial reporting to the state auditor; to provide for the tax commissioner to study property tax transparency; and to provide for a legislative management report."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nd"
legislature: "North Dakota Legislative Assembly"
session: "68"
identifier: "HB 1245"
citation: "North Dakota HB 1245 (68)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Craig Headland"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6436f0c6-0f25-44ba-a409-139e021b86ce"
source_url: "https://ndlegis.gov/api/assembly/68-2023/data/bills.json"
source_hash: "8c20aeea5fc2f7075e053fbd07a9e278039cd3f5e79e630a21edb5b29c8217f3"
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 1245 (68) — AN ACT to amend and reenact sections 57-15-01 and 57-15-30.2 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to communication of property tax levies with the public and financial reporting to the state auditor; to provide for the tax commissioner to study property tax transparency; and to provide for a legislative management report.

Relating to communication of property tax levies with the public and financial reporting to the state auditor; to provide for the tax commissioner to study property tax transparency; and to provide for a legislative management report.

## 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/23-0075-04000.pdf)
2. **Enrollment** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0075-07000.pdf)
3. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0075-05000.pdf)
4. **FIRST ENGROSSMENT with Senate Amendments** (committee substitute) — [source](https://ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0075-06000.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1245 — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1245 — **46–0** (pass) · upper
- Motion for Final Passage on HB 1245 — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Craig Headland — primary (person)
- Dan Ruby — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Kasper — cosponsor (person)
- Jordan L. Kannianen — cosponsor (person)
- Mark F. Weber — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Nathe — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-01-16** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-02-15** Committee Hearing 10:00
- **2023-02-16** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 14 0 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-02-17** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-02-21** Second reading, passed, yeas 94 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-03** Received from House
- **2023-03-03** Introduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee `introduction`
- **2023-03-14** Committee Hearing 11:15
- **2023-03-28** Committee Hearing 09:06
- **2023-03-29** Committee Hearing 09:05
- **2023-03-29** Reported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 5 1 0 `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-30** Amendment adopted, placed on calendar
- **2023-03-30** Second reading, passed as amended, yeas 46 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-03-31** Returned to House (12)
- **2023-04-04** Concurred
- **2023-04-04** Second reading, passed, yeas 91 nays 0 `passage, reading-2`
- **2023-04-05** Signed by President
- **2023-04-06** Signed by Speaker
- **2023-04-06** Sent to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-11** Signed by Governor 04/10 `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-13** Filed with Secretary Of State 04/11 `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6436f0c6-0f25-44ba-a409-139e021b86ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Dakota legislature records).